Sustainable application of recycled espresso coffee capsules: Natural composite development for a home composter product

This work was based on sustainable principles by reusing the post-consumer waste espresso coffee capsules as raw material for a novelty composite, which should perform well concerning mechanical and thermal properties for a home composter product application, substituting neat polymers. Plastic components were mechanically recycled and mixed with dried coffee grounds, then 20 and 30 wt% reinforced composites with and without coupling agent were...