Making Paper from Coffee Husks - REMIX EL BARRIO

☕ Kofi, making paper from coffee husks.

Kofi is a project by Dihue Miguens created in response to the open call, Remix el Barrio, by SISCODE - El Barri Circular, to reimagine what is possible to make with locally produced food waste. Dihue used coffee waste from NOMAD coffee in Poblenou, Barcelona to create a new biomaterial paper. This recipe is easy to follow and with the right ingredients and equipment can be done in your home kitchen!

✍️Ingredients:
1L Glycerine
100g dry clay
50L water
100g soda carbonate
25g cellulose
30g alum
Coffee husks

✍️Equipment:
Pot
Electric Stove
Mixer
Wooden Frame
Weights
Binder clips
Iron
Textile

SISCODE is an EU research project consisting of 10 labs and makerspaces across Europe – ‘El Barri Circular’ being the pilot of Fab Lab Barcelona. Remix El Barrio, an initiative from El Barri Circular, looks to understand how we might reimagine food waste in our local neighbourhood of Poblenou. This highlighted recipe is one of nine featured during an exhibition of designers and makers transforming food waste into new biomaterials. At Fab Lab Barcelona, our research areas look to further explore the role of maker spaces in creating a more circular economy - thinking global, acting local.

👀Check our some of our related research and education programs below.

👉SISCODE- El Barri Circular: https://fablabbcn.org/projects/siscod...
👉SISCODE - Remix el Barrio: https://fablabbcn.org/projects/siscod...
👉Exposición Remix el Barrio: https://fablabbcn.org/calendar/exposi...
👉Biomaterials 101 Blog Post: https://fablabbcn.org/blog/emergent-i...
👉Fabricademy: https://fablabbcn.org/education/acade...

This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 under grant agreement No 788217.

To read more about this project and other Fab Lab Barcelona initiatives around bio-materials, check out our latest blog post here:
https://fablabbcn.org/blog/emergent-i...