date:Aug 29, 2014
and polluted water from the wet-mill process is treated. Local ecosystems do not have the capacity to clean the large amounts of contaminated fluids.
Rural communities and coffee production depend intrinsically on a ready supply of fresh water. So if we want to talk about coffee produced in a sustainable manner then wastewater must be treated when released into the environment.
UTZ Certified is expanding the project to Peru and Brazil. It is soliciting industry support and funds to replicate t