10 Genius Ways To Recycle Used Coffee Grounds

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Here are some ways on how to use your leftover coffee grounds. Check out the article we found over at Wise Mind Healthy Body.

For most enthusiastic coffee drinkers, that process of climbing out of bed, filling the pot, then brewing, waiting, and inhaling, is sort of like a morning custom, a wake-up routine for your body and your mind. Coffee lovers gather strength in those aromatic morning moments, strength that will get them through a day of countless tasks and activities. Pouring their coffee into a stout, earthenware mug is as reassuring as a band of preppy cheerleaders, giving them the pep to start their day. But after the coffee is poured and every drop is drunk, how do they go about cleaning up?

Coffee grounds might be best for making coffee, but after that’s done, they’re great for some other things as well! Here’s why you should be reusing those grounds once you’ve had your morning pick-me-up:

1. Compost

The most popular way to reuse coffee grounds is adding it to your compost pile.

Composting is a great way to reuse your food scraps and garden clippings, and mixing up the right concoction can be your ticket to a thriving, healthy home garden.

Compost is great for adding to the soil of both your vegetable garden and your flower beds.

If you don’t already have one, here’s an easy how-to, to get you started on your own compost pile or bucket. If you’ve already got your finished compost mixture, take it a step further, by making your own compost tea.

2. Skin Exfoliate 

If you love the smell of coffee, this little hack is a real treat for you.

Open up a K-Cup or pull out a filter full of grounds, and grab a sizable handful. Then, just scrub it well over your hands, getting between your fingers, and focusing on specifically rough patches.

If you’re trying to get rid of chopped onion or garlic smell from your fingertips, scrubbing with coffee grounds will eradicate those odors completely!

Simply rub the grains between your fingertips, palms, and anywhere else that touched the offending veggies. Try the same method for scrubbing the knife and cutting board you used.

When you’re finally finished with them, brush the grains off into your compost bin or garbage, and rinse your hands. Try to avoid getting too many grains in the sink (clogs are not our friends).

3. Fertilizer

Only slightly different from composting, you can use your coffee grounds on their own, no other ingredients necessary, to add some rigor to your plants, by putting it in the soil around them.

If you don’t feel up to the whole compost commitment (really though, it’s not as hard as you think), this trick is a great way to make use of that leftover Joe anyway.

Other Ways Coffee grounds are used:

4. Coffee Your Hair – grab a handful of used grounds and massage them into your hair.  The coarse texture is enough to break apart product residue. Rinse thoroughly.

5. Natural Abrasive – use some coffee grind and your dishcloth together to scrub dishes clean

6. Cellulite Treatment – Search Google or Pinterest for cellulite-reducing coffee scrubs

7. Caffeine for… Carrots – Carrots in your garden love used coffee grinds as fertilizer

8. Absorb Food Odors – Used coffee grounds can be used much like baking soda for absorbing food odors in the refrigerator and freezer

9. Exfoliate Skin –  Add used grounds to a bit of warm water or your favorite all-natural oil (coconut oil works great!)

10. Pest Repellent – Sprinkle on your plants to keep pests away

Next Article: The Positives vs. Negative Effects of Coffee!

Read full article: 7 Super Uses for Leftover Coffee Grounds



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