STUDENTS HAVE DESIGNED AN AMAZING NEW AFTERLIFE FOR LEFTOVER COFFEE GROUNDS

If coffee makes your mornings way better, just look at what your leftover coffee grounds can do.

STUDENTS HAVE DESIGNED AN AMAZING NEW AFTERLIFE FOR LEFTOVER COFFEE GROUNDS

For many, coffee is a daily ritual, but the fate of its spent grounds often goes unnoticed. A group of University of Toronto students has found a transformative use for what is typically discarded: creating burnable logs from coffee grounds, paraffin wax, and sugar, baked into a sustainable alternative to firewood. Their project, Moto, aims to address the dangers faced by women and children in refugee camps who must venture outside to gather firewood, exposing them to violence and displacement. “As soon as they’re out of the camp, they’re unsafe,” says Sam Bennett, one of the