Energy Harvesting/Storage and Environmental Remediation via Hot Drinks Wastes

Chem Rec. 2021 May;21(5):1098-1118. doi: 10.1002/tcr.202100018. Epub 2021 Apr 29.

Abstract

Providing energy and materials are considered one most important issue in the world. Produce and storage energy and also, prepare chemical substances from disposable biomass materials have been widely developed in recent decades to decrease environmental pollutions and production costs. The waste of hot drinks including coffee wastes and tea wastes have considerable potentials to provide energy and different chemical substances. Also, hazardous materials (especially aqueous ions) can be absorbed via hot drinks wastes to protect the environment against perilous pollutants. The low-cost and benign hot drinks wastes including tea wastes and coffee grounds and also the pyrolyzed of them as the hot drinks waste biochar materials have been widely used to produce and store green energies and also, absorb hazardous materials. Production and storage energy and environmental remediation in these sustainable procedures not only reduce the cost of energy but also protect the environment.

Keywords: Biomass; Coffee waste; Tea waste; energy harvesting; energy storage; environmental remediation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Coffea / chemistry*
  • Environmental Restoration and Remediation*
  • Renewable Energy*
  • Tea / chemistry*
  • Waste Products*

Substances

  • Tea
  • Waste Products