You probably know the uses of coffee grounds are very numerous .
But did you know that you can make logs with coffee grounds?
Yes, you read that right ! Logs for heating!
This is the surprising idea that Valérie Grammont, the founder of Smart &Green had!
The idea is to make logs with coffee grounds for fireplaces, stoves, inserts and even barbecues .
And it heats up really well. Explanations:
Coffee grounds look like charcoal. But unlike coal, it does not pollute!
It is an ecological fuel and an almost inexhaustible resource!
Instead of being thrown away and ending up as waste, the coffee grounds turn into a source of renewable energy. Not bad right?
In addition, coffee lovers will be delighted to know that it takes 150 cups of coffee to make a log.
Or the average coffee consumption of a French person, for forty days.
As a result, it's so much less waste to treat! It is therefore an ingenious and useful recovery of coffee grounds.
But turning coffee grounds into fuel requires a few steps.
Once the pomace has been collected, it must first be treated before turning it into a log.
We then start by drying it, then we sieve it. It is then heated and mixed with vegetable waxes, such as jojoba oil.
But rest assured, no toxic and polluting oil-based product is added. Neither paraffin nor petroleum products!
"There are no chemicals, it's 100% natural", assures Valérie Gramont, the originator of this brilliant idea and founder of her company to sell her logs of a new kind.
Each log is sold in a bag for €6, at service stations, at Auchan or Leclerc.
A log of coffee grounds =4 wooden logs.
This log compressed with coffee grounds has only advantages:it does not create dust like a classic wooden log.
And it heats as well as 4 logs of wood. A single log of coffee grounds takes 2 hours to burn.
The good news for the planet? It's that coffee grounds produce 10 times less carbon monoxide and four times less tar sweat.
In addition, these logs are made in France and the manufacturing workshop employs 80% disabled workers.
Watch the France 3 report on the subject:
Are you interested in coffee grounds logs?
You can find it in different hypermarkets which are listed here.
There is also the Valoflam brand that makes coffee grounds logs and you can contact them here.
Have you tried these coffee grounds logs? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to read you!
