Our Mission
We reimagine “waste” by giving spent coffee grounds new life through an array of services and upcycled products.
About Us
At Grounded Upcycling we want to illustrate that spent coffee grounds are much more than waste. We focus on up-cycling coffee grounds into useful consumer products that are loved by you and the planet.
In 2017, NYC produced upwards of 500,000 tons (1 Billion lbs) of organic waste. Organic waste makes up nearly 33% of total waste created in the city and there are only 2 major composting facilities that can handle food scraps and compostables that serve the NYC area. This creates a massive oversupply of organic waste and not enough space to handle it.
Grounded Upcycling aims to address a portion of this massive problem by offering comprehensive coffee upcycling services to NYC cafes, coffee shops, and other coffee producers. We then “upcycle” the collected material into a series value-added products using regenerative processing methods.
Core Services:
Waste Audits & Data Collection
“Micro-hauling” of Source Separated Organics (SSO)
Spent Coffee Recycling
Products Under Development (In The Works):
Specialty Mushroom Substrate
Bio-Chemical Extracts (Oils)
Vermi-Composting (Worm Castings)