Turning Waste Coffee Grounds Into A Different Kind Of Fuel: Powering Your Car

How your caffeine fix could also power your commute--if a startup called Bio-bean has its way.

When people talk about waste at a coffee shop, they tend to fixate on the massive pile of disposable cups that ends up in landfills. But the average coffee shop also throws out around 22 pounds of coffee grounds a day; in a city like London, that adds up to around 200,000 tons a year. Now, a new startup plans to start turning that waste into fuel for cars and energy to heat local homes.

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