Duraflame logs are made from the sawdust remains of pencil manufacturing and they now have competition on the firelog environmental front. Java Log has arrived. No, it’s not the by-product of late-night object oriented programming sessions. Java Log is a firelog composed out of used coffee grounds. The company claims they burn brighter than sawdust logs and produce less carbon monoxide. Invented in Canada, the Java Logs are now going on sale in the United States. Some people detect a slight coffee aroma while the logs burn. (source N.Y. Times Patents column)