July 2013 Arthur Kay (bio bean Ltd)

Winner of a Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award in July 2013, biobean recycles coffee grounds into biodiesel and biomass pellets. The idea is unique in that it is the culmination of three concepts: waste collection, biomass pellet production, and biodiesel production. biobean will collect waste coffee grounds from coffee houses, roasters and instant coffee producers in London, and then deliver the waste to biobean s processing plant where it will be converted to biofuel, which biobean will then sell.