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Engineers Just Made Concrete 30% Stronger. The Secret Ingredient? Coffee. (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I worked on some undergrad research examining the potential to use spent coffee grounds for biodiesel. SCG has residual oil that can be extracted and refined. I wonder if this could be combined with biochar, getting multiple commodities from a waste product.