bio-bean Coffee Logs - Eco-Friendly Fire Logs for Wood Burners and Multi-Fuel Stoves (16 logs), Brown,24cm x 14cm x 22cm

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Coffee bean logs are briquette logs made from used coffee grounds. They contain a lot of energy, when dried and then burnt they produce more heat than traditional fuels such as wood. They burn hotter and for far longer than wood, which makes them perfect for heating your home and helps reduce landfill at the same time. According to Bio-Bean, they burn up to 20% hotter and longer than kiln-dried wood! COFFEE SCENTED FIRE LOGS Over the course of a year, the UK produces 500,000 tonnes of wet, used coffee grounds. At best, these grounds go into compost heaps, at worst they get dumped in landfill. Bio-bean are now the world’s largest recycler of coffee and are now a Certified B Corporation, showing without doubt that they are committed to sustainability. Where did coffee logs come from?

Read here about Cafedirect and their fantastic Machu Picchu organic coffee. Do coffee logs release emissions? Big, bold flames mimic the feel of natural log fires without the need for stoking or feeding the hearth. To offer an even cleaner, brighter burn, this product is made from recycled hardwood, nutshells, and molasses. These natural ingredients burn steadily and evenly, with 80% less carbon monoxide emissions and 75% less particulate matter than natural wood fires. This makes them a great choice for indoor use, but they can also be used outdoors. You can put coffee grounds on the fire. In fact, coffee grounds are most potent when they are burned. Founder Arthur Kay—who conceptualized Coffee Logs during his architectural studies at The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment—envisioned a future where waste coffee grounds fuelled cities, buildings, and vehicles. Full Ready to Burn Certification. All Lekto products are fully certified according to Defra’s Ready to Burn wood fuel quality certification scheme, ensuring that you're not only getting a quality product but also contributing to a sustainable environment.

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Lekto’s Night Briquettes are by far the UK’s longest-burning and most economical briquette fuel. Made from 100% recycled softwood bark, Night Briquettes can burn for as long as 8 hours, which is 4 times as long as conventional briquettes. They’ve already helped thousands of UK households save money by reducing their wood fuel consumption.

Because coffee logs pump out a lot of heat, it’s recommended not to use more than three logs or briquettes at a time. Are coffee logs smokeless? These spent grounds are collected from various places across the UK, such as cafés, offices, airports, train stations and universities, and taken to a processing factory in the UK where they are dried. It’s hard to imagine but 6 million tonnes of used coffee grounds are sent to landfill every year. Happily here’s another great use for them DIY coffee logs which you can make at home. Optimising the burn time may also come down to individual appliances and how well the air flow is managed.

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To help you make the right choice, we’ll compare supermarket logs from Asda, Aldi, Tesco, LIDL, and Sainsbury's. We’ll compare the logs from these supermarkets based on three criteria: quality, selection, and price. This also means that you’ll have to clean the glass more often. To help you out, here’s 3 best ways to clean your stove glass naturally. Coffee logs and smoke controlled areas Once the coffee log has been set, remove it from the mould and enjoy! The Advantages of Making Coffee Logs Without Wax

The benefits of Coffee Logs don’t end with reusing coffee shop waste. Another positive environmental aspect of these logs is in mitigating the harmful effects of coffee ground disposal. The UK sees about half a million tonnes of wet coffee grounds head for landfills each year, leading to plenty of harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions Reduction From Coffee LogsBy recycling the nation’s cappuccinos into Coffee Logs heating briquettes, we reduce emissions by 80% compared to those grounds sitting in landfill, making these efficient logs a sustainable alternative for fuelling your fire without heating the planet. Tom Bage, the company's head of marketing, teamed up with Studio of Art & Commerce to birth a comprehensive brand strategy. The campaign revolved around the idea that Coffee Logs are a 'wonderfuel' that helps reduce waste. While this is true for all types of biomass briquettes, this advertising angle proved popular for coffee logs. Mix in enough grounds to obtain a sludge-like consistency (see picture below). Depending on the type of wax, how much wax, and the amount of molasses you used the quantity of grounds needed will vary. I used 2 cups of molasses and 7.5 ounces of soy wax. Using a traditional tablespoon as my measuring device, I needed 20 heaping tablespoons of grounds. It is of the utmost importance that your grounds are completely dry and that your mixture is thoroughly and well blended with a glossy, sludge-like consistency before setting the log. Adjust the amount of grounds used to obtain this mold-able form.