Originally Posted by JBord (Post 33070191)

Basically putting a small plastic bag of garbage inside a big plastic bag of garbage! The neighbor may have a hundred little ziplocs in every trash bag if she does that with everything that's a little wet. Now, maybe she accumulates it all in the same ziploc every week and throws it out once per week. Obviously, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this :).

Originally Posted by gfunkdave (Post 33070444)

I just dump them and the paper filter in the trash. They will degrade in the landfill most likely. My mom used to compost hers but stopped composting when she opened the container in her kitchen to add something and discovered maggots.



Sounds like a great way to create more waste. If one's garbage bags are leaking, then either buy better bags that don't tear or be more careful about throwing away sharp, pointy things.

Originally Posted by kipper (Post 33069727)

The reasoning for the ziploc bag method is so that moisture from the grounds doesn't get into the garbage and potentially leak.

Originally Posted by Darren (Post 33070788)

My wife washes her hair with them and uses them as an exfoliant. I put them in my roses. For those who put them down the drain, your plumber thanks you.

Originally Posted by Darren (Post 33070788)

My wife washes her hair with them and uses them as an exfoliant. I put them in my roses. For those who put them down the drain, your plumber thanks you.

Originally Posted by corky (Post 33070845)

That's a new one...she washes her hair with coffee grounds?? What is that supposed to do? And if she is washing her hair with them, aren't they going down the drain when they get rinsed out? Your plumber thanks you too!

Originally Posted by Redhead (Post 33070725)

So environmentally damaging and what a wasteful use of plastic

Originally Posted by Darren (Post 33070788)

My wife washes her hair with them and uses them as an exfoliant. I put them in my roses. For those who put them down the drain, your plumber thanks you.

Originally Posted by rickg523 (Post 33070865)

The way to deal with potential leaks in your garbage bag is to use a second bag as a can liner. As long as your bag doesn't leak, you don't replace it. Separately bagging wet trash items, at least in my house, would mean I'd have a yeah bag full of baggies.
As for coffee grounds, using a gold filter and emptying it onto a sheet of paper towel which gets tossed works pretty well.

Originally Posted by Ilove2fly (Post 33070884)

The ground goes in my garden (spread thin) and the filter goes into the compost. The soil in my area is highly alkaline. The acid in coffee ground is good for it. Also, coffee ground supposed to repel snails. Haven't have snails in my garden for a few years. Not sure if its because of coffee ground or because general reductions in bug/inset populations. The garden seems to like it.

Originally Posted by StuckInYYZ (Post 33071335)

I mix crushed egg shells (air dry them and a quick run through a pestle and mortar) with the coffee grinds and sprinkle it in my garden. It cuts down on the acidity a bit and the plants seem to like it. The filters get air dried and tossed into the green bin. Interestingly enough, the tomatoes and raspberries seem to like the mixture a lot as the plants grow back bigger every year.