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Australian engineers have found a way to make concrete stronger using leftover coffee grounds. Their new recipe could solve multiple problems at the same time. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.

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00:00Australian engineers have found a way to make concrete stronger using leftover coffee grounds.
00:06Their new recipe could solve multiple problems at the same time.
00:10Not only does it reduce 10 billion kilograms of coffee waste that end up in landfills,
00:15it makes concrete 30% stronger.
00:18Science Alert adds researchers still need to assess the long-term durability of their cement product.
00:23If successful, the research published in the Journal of Cleaner Production
00:27could keep organic waste out of landfills and also better preserve natural resources like sand.

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