In 2009, a pair of bored college students had a truly bizarre idea that changed their lives forever. By 2011, that same duo, Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez, were diverting over 1 million pounds of used coffee away from landfills and right into their bank accounts. Over the next decade, the pair would use that coffee to make hundreds of millions of dollars, and even meet the President. Were they turning the coffee into gold? Had they discovered a miracle-cure in the brown stuff? Well, grab a cup of joe, and sit back, as we’re about to plunge into the unbelievable story of how these guys got rich in one of the most surprising ways you’ll ever hear. And heck, we’ll even see how some other folks got rich turning used gum into shoes, and turning literal trash into food. Strap in, because this is about to get weird…