CofFeed: Assistance Service for Resource Repurposing
Keywords: SCG Repurposing, Suburban Sustainable Farming, Community Service, Cognitive Surplus, Zero Marginal Cost, Recycling
CofFeed is a platform that coordinates organic grounds collection for circular farming. After post-processing, spent coffee grounds (SCG) turn to a better fertilizer that eliminates fertility loss, air pollution, and even health risks. Meanwhile, it prevents SCG from mishandled or mixed with other sorts of garbage. Based on decentralized CoHubs (frequently visited, cooperated local cafés), CofFeed cultivates recycling habits and fosters community relationships for users through game-like tasks that match their daily routines. It transforms scattered urban food wasting to suburban organic fertilizing by engaging collective efforts.
“Recycle. Redeem. Relax”
The soft recycling is upcycling
CofFeed is an intuitive service platform connecting spent coffee grounds (SCG) to urban farming. Improper SCG recycling in cities is common due to the lack of centralized systems, which significantly impacts the soil and water. Whereas, organic fertilizing is barely adopted in suburbs without sufficient clean compost at a lower price. CofFeed not only solves the “last mile” problem of SCG recycling but also closes the circle to support urban farming. With features like Recycle, Redeem, and Relax, it encourages people to drop off SCG at CoHubs cooperated by local coffee shops, and eventually transports SCG to urban farms.
CofFeed utilizes game-like interactions to mobilize everyone’s power to collect, process, and repurpose scattered SCG into organic fertilization. It provides interactive guidelines that simplify the recycling process and make it playable. Sharable leaderboards will show users’ contributions to recycling.
Incentive
CoPoints gained from each SCG drop-off can be redeemed for rewards
Inclusive
Online initiated workshops among local groups that increases user engagement
Immersive
Educative AR animation demonstrates personal recycling footprint that sharable to social media
Unlike traditional methods, CofFeed provides complete and economical solutions by bridging resources without creating secondary wastes. CofFeed is the cradle-to-cradle consideration that could not only eliminate the global carbon footprint of six million tons of SCG every year but also shift passive 3rd-party recycling to responsible consumption that encourages individuals to take actions.
Jury comment from IDA:” This is an excellent initiative, well named, well designed, and incredibly intelligent. … Wishing you all the best for a successful launch!”
