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its application. The key words “coffee grounds”, “composting”, “scientific dissemination”, and “vermicomposting” were selected for the bibliographic search in Portuguese, English and Spanish languages, without delimitation of the time horizon.
The search of databases comprised periodicals of Capes, Google and Google Scholar.
Literature was categorized as booklets or technical manuals. Results showed 31 manuals and 17 booklets about composting. Studies related to the scientific dissemination
of composting, focusing on coffee grounds, are scarce, showing the importance of
further studies on the subject. Research carried out in educational institutions requires
more widely diffusion, so that public stakeholders can have access to this knowledge.
Thus, the dissemination of composting in the form of primers and brochures may
contribute to the inclusion of this sustainable practice in the life of people and institutions guaranteeing an incentive to sustainable consumption and making cities more
inclusive and sustainable.
Keywords Coffee grounds · Composting · Scientific divulgation · Sustainability
1 Introduction
The earliest reports of coffee use date from Constantinople, now Turkey, around the
year 1550, with the expansion of consumption during the seventeenth century in Italy,
France, Germany and England. The popularization of the product arose during the
nineteenth century, during which a process of dissemination of journals on European
coffee shops was carried out. During the 20th century, coffee specialties such as
Cappuccino, Latte, and espresso were popularized in the United States market with
the emergence of specialty products in coffee (Café 2015).
According to the National Supply Company (CONAB 2016), there is an expectation for the production of 59.90 million bags of grain for the year 2018 in
Brazil. This makes the country the largest producer of this agricultural commodity,
with a production corresponding to more than a third of all the world production
(Funcafé 2017).
The beverage manufacturing process generates a large amount of an organic solid
waste, known as coffee grounds, which is normally discarded by consumers without
proper appreciation. The shipment of this and other organic waste to landfill sites
and dumps contributes to accentuate some sanitary and environmental problems,
among which are the generation of greenhouse gases, such as methane, slurry, and
the occupation of the physical landfill area, thus reducing its useful life.
In this sense, with the need to seek the precepts built by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially in relation to objective 4, which deals with quality
education, and objective 11, which deals with sustainable cities and communities,
the need for scientific dissemination of techniques that encourage the valorization of
this waste is reinforced.
An alternative to the use and treatment of coffee grounds, and many other organic
wastes, occurs through composting. This biotechnological technique corresponds to
I. C. Ribeiro et al.
its application. The key words “coffee grounds”, “composting”, “scientific dissemination”, and “vermicomposting” were selected for the bibliographic search in Portuguese, English and Spanish languages, without delimitation of the time horizon.
The search of databases comprised periodicals of Capes, Google and Google Scholar.
Literature was categorized as booklets or technical manuals. Results showed 31 manuals and 17 booklets about composting. Studies related to the scientific dissemination
of composting, focusing on coffee grounds, are scarce, showing the importance of
further studies on the subject. Research carried out in educational institutions requires
more widely diffusion, so that public stakeholders can have access to this knowledge.
Thus, the dissemination of composting in the form of primers and brochures may
contribute to the inclusion of this sustainable practice in the life of people and institutions guaranteeing an incentive to sustainable consumption and making cities more
inclusive and sustainable.
Keywords Coffee grounds · Composting · Scientific divulgation · Sustainability
1 Introduction
The earliest reports of coffee use date from Constantinople, now Turkey, around the
year 1550, with the expansion of consumption during the seventeenth century in Italy,
France, Germany and England. The popularization of the product arose during the
nineteenth century, during which a process of dissemination of journals on European
coffee shops was carried out. During the 20th century, coffee specialties such as
Cappuccino, Latte, and espresso were popularized in the United States market with
the emergence of specialty products in coffee (Café 2015).
According to the National Supply Company (CONAB 2016), there is an expectation for the production of 59.90 million bags of grain for the year 2018 in
Brazil. This makes the country the largest producer of this agricultural commodity,
with a production corresponding to more than a third of all the world production
(Funcafé 2017).
The beverage manufacturing process generates a large amount of an organic solid
waste, known as coffee grounds, which is normally discarded by consumers without
proper appreciation. The shipment of this and other organic waste to landfill sites
and dumps contributes to accentuate some sanitary and environmental problems,
among which are the generation of greenhouse gases, such as methane, slurry, and
the occupation of the physical landfill area, thus reducing its useful life.
In this sense, with the need to seek the precepts built by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially in relation to objective 4, which deals with quality
education, and objective 11, which deals with sustainable cities and communities,
the need for scientific dissemination of techniques that encourage the valorization of
this waste is reinforced.
An alternative to the use and treatment of coffee grounds, and many other organic
wastes, occurs through composting. This biotechnological technique corresponds to