Israeli coffee company using leftover beans as energy source

By Eli Ashkenazi
Tags: Israel News, Environment

Elite Instant Coffee is an Israeli consumer legend. For decades, the round coffee tin was ubiquitous in Israeli households. And since its construction in 1956, the company's Safed plant, has been a trademark of the city. The smell of coffee that permeates downtown has illustrated how, in modern times, the city of sages has become the city of java.

But for residents of the surrounding neighborhoods, the smell of coffee has become a nuisance, especially the smog emitted by the shale oil used to power the factory. When it was built, the factory was distanced from residential neighborhoods, but the city has sprawled toward the plant over time, and calls have increased to relocate the factory outside city limits.

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