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sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Sustainable Living & Design@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years ago

World’s First “Coffee-Concrete” Pavement in Australia is 30% Stronger and uses Recycled Coffee Grounds - Yanko Design

www.yankodesign.com

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World’s First “Coffee-Concrete” Pavement in Australia is 30% Stronger and uses Recycled Coffee Grounds - Yanko Design

www.yankodesign.com

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Sustainable Living & Design@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years ago
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https://youtu.be/eW2Z_8mAzSs Did you know that the most widely used substance in the entire world, after water, is concrete?? You'd think it was paper or plastic or wood even, but more concrete is used every single day across the world than any of those materials... and for what it's worth, it's considered one of the least
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    they tried building walls with this material first, but realised pavements would be a better idea because they only had coffee grounds.

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      Badum tish!

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      i just rolled my eyes back 1080 degrees

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    Ever since I started walking barefoot I never seem to get tired…

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    We should be really transitioning away from concrete as a whole and find a better solution

    Edit: also sorry about the duplicate comment, was not aware of it

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      Has there been any advancements towards this end? I’d like to read up on it.

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        there have been attempts, but nothing concrete.

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          I love and hate this at the same time

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    Wow I’m surprised but happy to see follow-up on this research!

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    And for only ten times the monetary and energy cost of regular concrete 👍

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      The cost (impact) of concrete isn’t low though. I’m glad we’re looking at how to mitigate/offset that.

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      …and recycled Starbucks grounds for the elite areas.

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