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Environment - Swiss Water Processed are about ecology and science2014-12-03
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Environment - Swiss Water Processed are about ecology and science WE’RE ABOUT ECOLOGY and SCIENCE Our ecology-friendly water decaffeination process uses simple science to remove caffeine from green coffee beans. Still, it’s a bit more complicated than your average high school science class, so in short let’s just say you’re getting all the things you love about coffee without the caffeine. But let’s consult our fancy flow chart for a bit more detail. People drink decaffeinated coffee for a variety of reasons. However, it’s important to know that decaffeination methods vary. Most use chemical solvents such as methylene chloride or ethyl acetate to strip caffeine molecules from the green coffee bean. And some leave behind more...
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Environment - UK’s first urban mushroom farm launches this week- recycling coffee grounds into edibl2014-10-15
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Environment - UK’s first urban mushroom farm launches this week- recycling coffee grounds into edible mushrooms The UK’s first urban mushroom farm launches this week growing gourmet mushrooms from recycled coffee grounds – showcasing a new model for the future of sustainable food grown in cities. The team at GroCycle is proud to announce the official opening of the UK’s first Urban Mushroom Farm, where a huge waste stream, coffee grounds, are used to grow protein-rich Oyster mushrooms. GroCycle Urban Mushroom Farm in Exeter is a showcase for how food can be grown sustainably. Based in disused office space, the farm takes coffee grounds from local cafés and uses them as a growing medium to produce healthy and delicious Oyster...
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Environment - SUSTAINABILITY Farmers in Central America generate energy from coffee wastewater2014-10-10
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Environment - SUSTAINABILITY Farmers in Central America generate energy from coffee wastewater The Energy from Coffee Wastewater project by UTZ Certified has proven that is possible to generate energy, tackle climate change and protect water resources by treating discharges from coffee mills. The project started in 2010 with the goal of addressing environmental and health problems caused by the wastewater produced in the coffee industry. Tailor-made coffee wastewater treatment systems and solid-waste treatment mechanisms were installed in eight coffee farms in Nicaragua, ten in Honduras and one in Guatemala. The positive environmental and economic impact of the project on over 5,000 people in the region has inspired UTZ Certified to replicate the initiative in oth...
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Environment - AUSTRALIA Diva Coffee: 100% Carbon Offset ECO Coffee2014-09-17
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AUSTRALIA Diva Coffee: 100% Carbon Offset ECO Coffee SYDNEY – When Jim Storey started Diva Coffee, he believed that through business he could make the world a better place. “When you run your own business you get to make your own choices,” said Jim, owner of Diva Coffee. “So I decided to make positive choices for our planet and the communities supported by the coffee industry.” And so Diva ECO Coffee was born – coffee that’s Ethical, Community focused and Organic. It’s also 100% carbon offset. “We’ve chosen the best of the best in terms of Ethical products,” Jim said. “The coffee is Fair Trade certified which ensures that farmers get paid a reasonable amount for their work. By choosing Or...
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Environment - Jane Goodall Institute and NASA chimpanzee habitat monitoring cooperation2014-08-27
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Environment - Jane Goodall Institute and NASA chimpanzee habitat monitoring cooperation 2012, Jane Goodall Institute • (JGI) has announced a 85% protection chimpanzees and their habitats goals in the next 30 years. This is not an easy task, habitat loss rapid pace, forcing a sharp decline in the number of wild chimpanzees, almost extinct. JGI announced that the project will be implemented jointly with partners, to help monitor the chimpanzee habitat, so that people can design the most effective protection strategies. Project focus is on the development of a decision support system (DSS), the system is used in conjunction simulation, data collection, remote sensing systems, such as crowdsourcing field data to monitor the chimpanzee habitat environment. So far,...
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Environment - Environmentally friendly clothes made with coffee grounds become patent marketing2014-08-20
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Environment - Environmentally friendly clothes made with coffee grounds become patent marketing We drink coffee every day can actually put on the body? There are two billion people around the world drink coffee every day, coffee grounds, that is up to one day produce 40,000 tonnes! Taiwan Hing Industrial application of advanced mining technology redefines the re-use coffee grounds, developed a sustainable, environmentally friendly, safe and environmentally friendly performance yarn S.Café, and made the world's first coffee yarn patents. Coffee clothes actually use coffee grounds as a yarn raw material, through low-temperature high-pressure environment patented process creates nanoparticles, as long as the coffee output will naturally have coffee grounds, so no...
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Environment – Vegware launches revamped Green Britain compostable cups2014-08-13
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Environment – Vegware launches revamped Green Britain compostable cups EDINBURGH – Vegware, the UK’s first and only completely compostable food packaging company, have launched their revamped Green Britain cups. The compostable 8oz and 12oz double-wall cups are lined with low-carbon cornstarch not plastic, and feature a green Union Jack heart. Communications Director Lucy Frankel explains, “Our original Green Britain cup was hugely popular in summer 2012, with UK caterers keen to show their green credentials to international visitors. We like to keep things fresh and last year we discontinued the design. But our clients had other ideas and kept demanding it. We gave in and revamped the design, with the green flag now in a heart shape. With ...
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Environment - Bio Bean wins £20,000 first prize in Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Competiti2014-08-06
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Environment - Bio Bean wins £20,000 first prize in Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Competiti Bio Bean, the coffee grounds recycling company founded by UCL graduates Arthur Kay and Benjamin Harriman, has won a Santander Universities Entrepreneurship postgraduate award, including grant funding for their business of £20,000. The team triumphed after pitching their business idea in front of a panel of judges and were chosen out of five finalists, and beat off competition from institutions ranging from London Business School, the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh and the Open University. The award comes just weeks after the company was also awarded $100,000 in funding at the inauguration of the Class of 2015 programme run by...
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Environment - Launched Wicovalve W606E biocompatible valve for coffee industry2014-07-30
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Environment - Launched Wicovalve W606E biocompatible valve for coffee industry VOLKETSWIL, Switzerland – Wipf AG launches WICOVALVE W606E, the world’s first biocompatible valve. The WICOVALVE W606E was developed especially for the coffee industry and can be composted pursuant to industrial standard EN 13432 in combination with biodegradable laminates. This innovation is yet another milestone introduced in the centennial year of Wipf AG. The WICOVALVE valve technology has been systematically refined in the past 30 years to attain the highest conceivable quality standards. Thanks to a failure rate of less than 0.01%, comprehensive functionality, and a shelf life of three years, the valves represent the widely accepted benchmark today. The ...
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Environment - Dr. Jane appealed the termination of the ivory trade in New Zealand2014-07-23
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Environment - Dr. Jane appealed the termination of the ivory trade in New Zealand Although hard to believe, but in New Zealand was actually one of the most rampant per capita worldwide ivory trade. Jane Goodall to New Zealand, please stop for elephant killings. New Zealand is the world's eightieth birthday, Dr. Jane tour stop. Needless to say, she is recognized as one of today's scientists and conservationists, thousands of people around them as saints, and that she had the inspiration to everyone. In the 1986 meeting, due to human activities and makes a lot of other species habitat is destroyed, a sharp decline in the number of each species facts surfaced, the scientists set sail from the dreamer realized that she could not go back to Tanzania rainfore...
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