From dragging wheelie bins full of coffee to community gardens to recycling soft plastics and running waste consultancy projects: Reground has achieved a lot since their humble beginnings in 2017.
The Melbourne-based social enterprise started when founder Ninna Larsen was working as a barista and was dismayed when she realised the coffee grounds weren’t being recycled.
As a Denmark native, the concept of landfill was completely foreign to her.
Australia produces an estimated 75,000 tonnes ground coffee waste every year. The majority of this resource is sent to landfill where it contributes to climate change through the production of methane gas.
It was obvious to Larsen that instead of taking the coffee grounds to the tip, this valuable resource should be returned to the earth as garden compost.
A natural fertiliser, ground coffee improves the water retention and temperature of soil while also keeping pests and weeds away.
Reground managing director Megan Mabin said they now have a waiting list of cafés eager to do the right thing with their coffee waste, donating it to community gardens and local green thumbs.
