Ukrainian start-up Ochis Coffee has found a highly creative and fashionable way to produce frames for glasses with an environment-friendly material: coffee grounds.
The start-up produces frames made of the by-product of coffee beans, which is then mixed with flax and a vegetable oil-based biopolymer before they are moulded into a brick shape from which the frames are cut using computer technology.
According to Forbes, the glasses made by Ochis biodegrade 100 times faster than standard plastic frames. And they come with an additional eco-friendly bonus: the frames transform into a natural fertiliser for new plants if they are put in water or soil.
“I grew up in a family of opticians and I have been helping my parents since I was a kid. That is why I know almost everything about glasses,” Maksym Havrylenko, the founder and CEO of Ochis Coffee, told Forbes.
