Coffee production can be made more sustainable by incorporating practices such as better crop management and water use practices, the use of pheromone boxes to ward off insects instead of pesticides, the composting of coffee bean waste for use as fertilizer, the use of coffee peels as fuel instead of cutting down eucalyptus trees.
Sustainable coffee
incorporates environmentally friendly practices, such as better crop and water management. It also integrates the use of coffee bean waste as fertilizer and coffee husks as fuel. According to Great Forest Australia, disposable coffee cups account for around 20% of landfill waste.While you may think that your to-go cup is recyclable because it's made mostly of paper, that paper is usually coated with a type of plastic called polyethylene that takes years to decompose. But it's not all bad news. The recycling company Terracycle is now offering a free recycling program for some brands of coffee capsules. Coffee capsule consumers can also choose to purchase a waste-free box of coffee capsules on the Terracycle website.
Nowadays, some companies also produce compostable coffee capsules, which the Ethical Coffee Company (ECC) supposedly breaks down in about 180 days, that is, less time than it takes for citrus peels to degrade in landfills. Eco-friendly multi-layer airtight storage bags are the perfect solution for sustainable coffee producers. The Yoro Biological Corridor could make it possible to expand the IOC's sustainable coffee practices to many more farms. Or, they can try to keep themselves at bay and protect themselves from pests, high temperatures and variable rainfall by redoubling their efforts on good agricultural practices and improving farm management, including replacing old and diseased coffee trees with improved, disease-resistant varieties.
It will take a lot of work and collaboration to create a greater demand for sustainability, to the point that you no longer have to choose between buying a sustainable cup of coffee and a cup not sustainable. Thanks to these efforts, certified and sustainably grown organic coffee is obtained that is sold internationally as Café Solar and has many advantages for the inhabitants of Honduras. This is a new and important initiative to turn coffee into the world's first fully sustainable agricultural product, bringing together all the players in the coffee sector (producers, traders, roasters and retailers) to stimulate greater demand for sustainable coffee (and generate greater investments in it). These sustainable coffee packaging solutions are 100% recyclable, redefining the traditional notion of coffee bags.
Today, 99 percent of your coffee comes from a verified sustainability standard that continues to promote better performance over time.
