What to do with coffee grounds
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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 .
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.
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.
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Consider vermicomposting
You can feed coffee grounds to your worms if you get into worm composters (vermicomposting): Vermicomposting coffee grounds
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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!
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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.
As for coffee grounds, using a gold filter and emptying it onto a sheet of paper towel which gets tossed works pretty well.
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Ive never directly washed my hair with them but caffeine is purported to make hair grow thicker/stronger
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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.
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I agree, although she's obviously not concerned about it.
Interesting. I've never heard of washing one's hair with coffee grounds.
I don't worry about leaks in my garbage bag.
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.
As for coffee grounds, using a gold filter and emptying it onto a sheet of paper towel which gets tossed works pretty well.
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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.
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I have a small bin under the espresso machine for grounds, and when full I alternate between a compost pile in my yard, and a compostable goods bin (picked up by WM). Before I had compost I just trashed it. I don't see it being good for the pipes although I don't fret if some end up down there from a drip tray.
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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.
my spouse wont let me try putting any compost into our garden area so Im loving this thread while having limits of what I can do.