Costa partners with bio-bean to give waste coffee new lease of life

Madeleine Cuff
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EXCLUSIVE: Major new circular economy partnership means more than 3,000 tonnes of Costa's waste coffee grounds will be collected by bio-bean and turned into renewable fuel

Coffee giant Costa has revealed that waste coffee grounds from more than 850 stores nationwide are now being used to make low-carbon fuel thanks to a new partnership with biomass specialists bio-bean....

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