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    London buses use coffee grounds extract as fuel to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

    • Last Update: 2017-12-01
    • Source: Internet
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    The new technology of reprocessing the leftover coffee grounds for public transport fuel has now been implemented on the London red bus From November 20, some London buses began to use the fuel extracted from coffee residue, led by the clean technology company "bio bean" in London The emerging technology company collects the surplus coffee residue from coffee factories, offices and coffee shops all over London, processes it in factories in Cambridge County, extracts "coffee oil" and sends it to Argente energy, the UK's largest biofuel producer, for re optimization to make it a renewable energy that can be used directly on vehicles The fuel used by buses is ultimately made up of 80% traditional diesel and 20% coffee oil According to shell, which supports the research and development of the technology, each ton of coffee grounds is enough to produce 200 liters of fuel, which can support a London bus for a whole day At the same time, using this technology to recycle one ton of coffee grounds can reduce 6.8 tons of carbon dioxide emissions Currently, biobeans has extracted 6000 liters of coffee oil, and the company hopes that the renewable energy can be used not only in buses, but also in private cars and trucks in the future It is reported that Londoners drink an average of 2.3 cups of coffee a day, with 200000 tons of waste coffee grounds a year If there is no recycling, most of these coffee grounds will be landfilled as ordinary garbage, producing a lot of carbon dioxide emissions At the same time, congested London is also facing the problem of increasing exhaust pollution Recycling coffee grounds to make biofuels can help alleviate these two problems at the same time, so it has received great support from all walks of life Founded in 2013, bio bean company won the support of shell youth entrepreneurship award at the early stage of its establishment, and received 57000 US dollars of start-up funds Coffee shops in London are also responding positively to the collection of coffee grounds Nilu coffee, the UK's largest coffee chain, announced in February that all 122 London stores will participate in the company's coffee grounds recycling program, with 218 tons of second-hand coffee grounds expected to be recycled in the first year In the future, coffee shop staff will use specially distributed recycling bags to store the daily residual coffee grounds, and waste recycling company "first mile" will send 65 trucks to London every night to collect the coffee grounds, and then deliver them to the processing plant of bio bean company Transport London is very enthusiastic about the plan Previously, transport London has been trying to use a variety of biological and recycling fuels to reduce pollution and protect the environment The city of London has also launched a biofuel program to support development with policies and regulations At present, 9500 buses in London have tried to use a variety of biofuels, most of which are extracted from edible oil and animal fat Coffee oil is the first time In addition to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, biofuels made from coffee grounds produce less soot and sulfuric acid, which are the main cause of acid rain, transport London said In addition to the production of coffee oil, bio beans also dry and mix the coffee grounds to make combustion rods, which can replace traditional wood for indoor heating Small coffee grounds are in the process of environmental protection concept and environmental protection participation from all walks of life.
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