Mission

Developing a “Recycled products from waste” to contribute to climate change

The recycling coffee waste into mashroom cutivation, used as a substrate for the production of the edible mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius, a high protein content product (17.8% ± 0.84%). The spent mushroom substrate (SMS) resulting from fungus production showed a decrease in lignin (49.7% ± 12%), cellulose (33.7% ± 10.8%), and phenolic compound (87% ± 2%) content, which avoids contamination of soil and water bodies by them. Since the SMS still contains N (2.45%), P (0.20%), K (0.112%), Ca (0.320%), and Mg (0.106%), it has the potential to be used as a raw material in the production of a biofertilizer. This model reduces the environmental impact of the byproducts generated by small coffee growers and constitutes an alternative to combat hunger in rural communities and to achieve the sustainable development goal of zero hunger proposed by the United Nations.

The goal is to create a balancing an agro-ecosystem and protect biodiversity.

• Income generation for low-income farmer and women micro-coffee shop

(We give all our stakeholders a sustainable income by recycling coffee waste  into biochar to improve coffee supply chain)

• Improved supply chain management

( Biochar into biofertilizer from coffee waste can improve soil characteristics, especially of tropical soils, to achieve higher yields and save money through reducing the use of expensive and scarce fertilizer. 

• Climate change adaptation and mitigation

(Biochar can reduce CO2 emission as it is estimated that storing carbon in biochar avoids the emission of 0.1–0.3 billion tons of CO2 annually.)