【💡把咖啡穿在身上：除臭排汗、抗紫外線，還能拯救地球 】
很多人可能都不知道，咖啡豆經研磨、烹煮過後，僅有 0.2% 的成分會被人類攝取，其餘 99.8% 全被當成廢棄物丟棄。在台灣，平均一天就產出約 30 噸咖啡渣。
這些富含養分的渣滓，多半跟著垃圾一起被處理掉。但台灣有一間公司，把咖啡渣混合寶特瓶製成纖維，再紡織為速乾、抗紫外線、能控制異味的機能型衣服。
「#興采實業」董事長陳國欽屈指算了一下，「只要 3 杯咖啡、12 個寶特瓶，就可以做出一件外套。」
Many people probably do not know that after coffee beans are ground and made into coffee, only 0.2% is consumed by humans, while the other 98.8% is discarded as waste. In Taiwan, about 30 tonnes of coffee grounds are generated on average each day.
These coffee dregs, rich in nutrients, are normally tossed out along with rubbish. Luckily, there is a Taiwanese company which can turn a mixture of coffee grounds and recycled plastic bottles into fabrics that can be woven into quick-drying, UV- resistant and odour-controlling functional clothing.
After a quick count, Chen Kuo-chin, Singtex’s chairman of the board, pointed out that making a jacket only needs three cups of coffee and twelve plastic bottles.
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