South African company to produce biodiesel and pellets from coffee grounds

In South Africa, Verda Waste aims to be at the forefront of industrializing the process of converting waste coffee grounds into biofuels by recycling 17 million kilograms/year of spent coffee grounds into 1.8 million liters/year of biodiesel and 4.5 million kilograms/year of biomass pellets and fire logs.

According to Verda Waste, due to the great demand of coffee, large amounts of residues are generated in the industry that are toxic and that represent serious environmental problems, with a vast majority ending up in landfills.

The plant will recycle about 70,000 tons of coffee waste that would have otherwise ended up in South African landfills over the next five years, saving 476,000 tons in carbon emissions.