K-Cup Recycling

K-CUP RECYCLING

It is estimated that over 1 billion k-cups are landfilled in Canada every year!

K-Cup Breakdown o Packaging – 4 grams o Coffee (68% h2o) – 23 grams o Total weight = 27 grams o 1 billion k-cups represents 23,000 tonnes of organic waste in landfill

Green Production Facility

BIOMASS BOILER RUNS ON DRIED COFFEE GRINDS

3D PRINTING WITH WASTE PLASTICS FROM K-CUPS

LANDFILL METHANE CH4 23,000 metric tonnes of waste coffee grounds contributes 60,000 metric tonnes of CO2 pollution.

Waste Characterization

Relatively Inert Moderately Decomposable Decomposable

Methane Generation Potential L0 (m3 methane/tonne) 20 120 160

Methane gas density: .6557 kg/m3 (source = BC Gov. )

160 x .6557 x 25 (CH4 = 25x times more than CO2e)/1,000 = 2.6 metric tonnes CO2e diverted per metric tonne food waste.

Carbon cost @ $50mt = $50mt x 2.6 = $130 mt

1 metric tonne of waste coffee grinds dehydrates to 320kg of usable biomass.

Dry coffee = 10,000 btu/lb

Waste coffee from K-cups equates to 7,360 tonnes biomass.

Combustion of biomass displaces natural gas as the fuel. Carbon dioxide emissions are deemed to be “carbon neutral� in most GHG programs because the carbon dioxide is part of the carbon-cycle. Based on 8,610 BTU per pound the emission reduction is .00387 tonnes carbon dioxide per pound of biomass combusted (8.5 tonnes CO2e per metric tonne of biomass).

Brightspot Climate Inc.

K-CUP RECYCLING SERVICE

Customer Location

SCALING UP

Charge a $.05 deposit on each K-Cup. Manage the program through the existing bottle recycling infrastructure.

10 metric tonne system

Proprietary Rapid Dehydration Technology. Mechanical room.

90kw per hour system.

www.ExecutiveMat.ca 1-877-720-6287

Addressing climate change one K-Cup at a time!