Recycling Used Coffee Grinds

Posted by kathy - Under: Uncategorized

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 ¼ grinds with one egg white and massage onto face like a mud pack.

One Response to “Recycling Used Coffee Grinds”

  1. dave Says:

    Used coffe grinds in the garden? OK as topical applicant but better mixed into the soil before planting?

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