The Effect of Spent Coffee Grounds to the Growth of Solanum lycopersicum (Tomato)

• Main Authors: Baranda, Romar A., Cada, Alliyah Roma dR., Carola, Jan Danie l H., Rodolfo, Chelsea Len M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: tomato, spent coffee grounds, fertilizer, plant growth, ericaceous plant
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2021/paper_see/5; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/1683/viewcontent/SEE__The_Effect_of_Spent_Coffee_Grounds_to_the_Growth_of.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Six billion tonnes of spent coffee grounds (SCG) are thrown untreated into landfills, leading the spent coffee grounds to leach organic pollutants that may potentially harm bodies of water and emit methane, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Studies have confirmed that the ratio of carbon and ni...