Coffee ground collection for cafes, coffee roasters or offices of any size
You’ve started considering your waste as a resource, and you’re almost part of a circular economy – fantastic!
To date,* our community of cafes, coffee roasters and offices has helped us save over 700 tonnes of ground coffee from going to landfill.
That’s almost 20 million lattes.
Your beautiful coffee waste is delivered free of charge to community gardens and local gardeners, where the juicy nutrients go back into the soil or can be used for other creative projects.
Keeping ground coffee in your local community is a more resourceful and sustainable way to dispose of your waste.
*As of 31 January 2021
How does coffee collection work?
We provide you with a unique bin that makes it super-simple to empty your knockbox. We’ll start you on a trial so we can assess your collection needs and you can experience the simplicity of our service.
You and your customers will be proud to see the Reground collection van out the front (no dark-of-night waste collection here!)
“Reground speaks for itself...we do have a lot of waste that we need to keep up with. The first side of things is obviously the coffee waste and a lot of our customers swear by and use Reground...we’re doing everything we can to mitigate that waste through you guys.”
Erik — La Marzocco Australia - Australian distributor of handmade Italian coffee machines
What happens to the coffee grounds?
Community gardens and home gardeners can request full van loads of coffee grounds free of charge delivered straight to their door.
Coffee grounds make an excellent addition to compost and worm farms, being full of delicious and important nutrients. We’re also seeing new and exciting uses for coffee grounds like mushroom growing and building materials. There are endless possibilities!
You can find out more about coffee ground distribution and uses here.
Why don’t we want coffee in landfill?
If you’re a cafe going through 20 kg of beans each week you will send 2 tonnes of ground coffee into landfill each year, where it emits nearly 4 tonnes of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. By keeping coffee out of landfill you can help us create circular solutions.
Why is there a fee?
Businesses pay for waste collection regardless of where it goes, so redirecting funds and resources to the local community isn’t a hard choice.
Reground is a social enterprise — when cafes and offices decide to work with Reground, they know that they’re investing in everyone’s future and supporting a movement that benefits all, not just a select few.
we collect coffee from these conscious companies
“...If you’re wanting to step into [coffee] you’ve got to do whatever you can to give back. It’s important. One of our biggest values within this space is working with the community, so as soon as we heard about Reground, we were on straight away.”