On the show this week, we’re joined by bio-bean’s Managing Director, George May, and he'll be chatting to Andy about how bio-bean are utilising spent coffee grounds from the 98 million cups of coffee that the UK consumes every day.
bio-bean work with some of the largest companies in the UK, including Costa, Greggs, and McDonald's, to transform spent coffee grounds into something of value and contribute to a circular economy. This best-for-the-world B Corp was founded over 8 years ago by Arthur Kay, a student at the time when he noticed a film of oil collecting on his americano. Arthur was struck by the amount of spent coffee wasted every day, and with the knowledge that the grounds contain oil, a valuable fuel, vowed to do something more environmentally friendly with them.
bio-bean is all about creating change and difference for our world by innovating coffee waste. Through their Coffee Logs, stocked by many UK supermarkets, as well as coffee pellets and Inficaf-based products, bio-bean can divert millions of tonnes of spent coffee grounds from ever ending up in landfill.
Visit bio-bean's website to find out more!
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