Neat News 2927 (added 2024-01-05)

Stronger concrete by used coffee grounds

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Research has found that adding spent coffee grounds to concrete can make it 30 percent stronger. It can replace 15 percent of the sand and bring the spent ground coffee to good use which would otherwise decompose and generate methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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