Recycling your used coffee grinds

Started by Skhilled, May 02, 2009, 08:35:48 PM

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Skhilled

A Cup of Joe Goes a Long Way

You'd be surprised at just how many different methods have worked for people:

   * Touch up furniture and other wood scratches with grounds and a Q-tip.
   * Sprinkle around areas where pesky insects, slugs and snails dwell to drive them away.
   * Mix with soil as a natural fertilizer for plants.
   * Dye clothing or paper.
   * Rub into your dog as an organic flea dip.
   * Fill old nylons and hang in your closet or fridge to repel odors.
   * Use to fill old pin cushions.
   * Scrub away grease and grime from pots and pans.
   * Throw on ashes before cleaning out the fireplace to reduce dust from spreading.
   * Feed to worms to help with your garden.
   * Rub on your hands to eliminate odors.
   * Mix ΒΌ grinds with one egg white and massage onto face like a mud pack.

If you're not an avid coffee drinker but you live near a coffee shop or cafe, you can always ask them for the old grinds. Places like Starbucks actually give bags of used grinds away to people who use them for their home and gardens.

Recycling is just one way that we can help maintain the natural beauty of our environment, so next time you drink a cup of coffee save those coffee grinds for future use.

Ken.

And another good set of tips.
Heard this before, but had forgotten about these tips, thanks for the reminder.  :laugh:
" If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti

Gingerface

grounds for my damaged furniture? never thought about that one. I was still using the magic marker method..

  :majornerd: