Caffè Nero is recycling coffee grounds from 122 of its London shops to make biomass pellets, which are used as fuel in wood burners and boilers. Recycling firm First Mile collects the waste coffee from Caffè Nero's locations and transports it to the Bio-bean processing facility in Cambridgeshire. The scheme has been in operation since July 2016, but was only announced last week. There is a massive market there. Coffee pods can be recycled at a rate of up to 50 per cent after being ground into pellets using an electric grinder.
Caffè Nero is recycling coffee grounds from 122 of its London shops to make biomass pellets, which are used as fuel in wood burners and boilers. Recycling firm First Mile collects the waste coffee from Caffè Nero's locations and transports it to the Bio-bean processing facility in Cambridgeshire. The scheme has been in operation since July 2016, but was only announced last week. Coffee pods can be recycled at a rate of up to 50 per cent after being ground into pellets using an electric grinder.