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12 Clever Ways to Reuse Coffee Grounds (ecosalon)

Submitted by: gretchen  05/29/2009 10:57 AM
 
Came across this link on ecosalon.com, 12 Clever Ways to Reuse Coffee Grounds. Some interesting, unusual and useful ideas.

  1. Facial exfoliator: massage face with coffee grounds
  2. Conditioner for your hair
  3. Conditioner and flea control for your pets
  4. Mix coffee grounds with eggs whites for skin firming facial mask
  5. Use like baking soda in fridge to rid of odors
  6. Deodorizers for shoes
  7. Removing odors from hands
  8. Scouring grunge off of pots and pans
  9. Paper and fabric dye: boil a pot of water, then pour in coffee grounds and steep-now you've got the base for dye
  10. Touch up scratches on wood furniture by using dye above
  11. Natural ant repellent
  12. "Instead of inhaling or wearing the majority of the ashes you clear out of your fireplace, sprinkle a layer of coffee grounds over them first to reduce the mess."
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You can also use the grounds for composting. Does wonders to our veggies. I am lucky enough to be able to take coffee grounds to my inlaws from work. My inlaws love it!
 
Posted by Mai on June 04, 2009 2:13 PM
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Spread coffee grounds around your acid loving plants as a mulch.
 
Posted by james77777 on June 04, 2009 2:51 PM
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Add coffee grounds to clay to make a life-saving water filter! See http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002738.html Hint: You can use some fuel other than cow manure to fire the clay.
 
Posted by Nancy on June 04, 2009 4:20 PM
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After wiping up spilled coffee and tea with white kitchen towels, then having to bleach the towels to get the stains out, I dyed the towels tan with tea. It worked great!

The tea dye is colorfast (50+ trips through the laundry with regular detergent), but I know that if I have to re-dye the towels, it will only cost pennies to do it with used tea bags or coffee grounds again. Plus, I'm saving both money and the environment by not using chlorine bleach.
 
Posted by Nancy on June 04, 2009 4:27 PM
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yes, gross, I dont' think I could ever put them on my face?? love coffee but... compost bin, always:)
 
Posted by anonymous on June 04, 2009 5:39 PM
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Please use caution and get full directions before using this as a flea repellant for dogs. Coffee can be toxic to them.
 
Posted by anonymous on June 04, 2009 10:07 PM
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I have used my coffee grounds and tea bags (just rip them open a bit) as compost for years. I live in an urban area but still have a full-sized compost bin that receives all the vegetable matter from my kitchen. I am trying to get my other urban condo dwellers to compost, but they aren't interested. I use it on my flower garden, which my neighbors DO love!
 
Posted by Babz on June 05, 2009 6:48 AM
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I believe I will try putting them on the step that always ices up, for traction and to absorb sunshine and melt the ice. I've been using ashes for this, which works, but I'd rather have coffee grounds on me fingers than ashes.
 
Posted by LorettaB on January 07, 2010 4:49 PM
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