NEW MATERIAL CREATED AT UM

Coffee grinds are mixed with a biodegradable polymer to form this material that keeps coffee grinds from heading to the dump. Two materials science students, Eszter Borsodi and Kinga Tamási, have used the material in 3D printers to create items such as lamp covers. Such uses of secondary resources fit with their philosophy of finding uses for waste materials. They took advantage of start-up competitions and have also published their research.