by Angela V You made your morning and/or afternoon coffee, and now, what do you do with the used coffee grounds? Don’t just throw them in the garbage, so they end up in the landfill, friends. There are so many things to can do with your used coffee grounds—some great green alternatives, instead of the garbage.
I am sharing just a few of the many things you can do with them instead.
✅ Use them to fertilize your garden.
Did you know that used coffee grounds are rich in magnesium, nitrogen, potassium, calcium, and some other vitamins and minerals? You can spread them around your garden or rake them into the soil between seasons to use as a natural fertilizer.
✅ Use them to neutralize odours.
Coffee grounds are known for soaking up all the odours around them. A bowl of coffee grounds in your fridge will help neutralize any odours and keep things smelling fresh.
✅Use them to repel insects and pests.
Many bugs and pests don’t like the strong smell of coffee, so sprinkle them outside to keep pests out of your garden, including ants, fleas, snails and slugs.
✅ Use them to exfoliate your skin.
Coffee grounds have the perfect texture to be used as an exfoliant. You can mix them with some coconut oil and scrub them with your hands onto your face and body before you take a shower. Rinse and enjoy soft skin after.
✅ Compost them.
Don’t throw your used coffee grounds in the garbage. Here in Vancouver, you can put them in your green bin with your compostables. Compost them if possible. Worms love nitrogen-rich soil, and coffee grounds are filled with nitrogen.
What do you usually do with your old coffee grounds?
20 Comments on “Green Tip: 5 Things You Can Do with Your Used Coffee Grounds.”
Awesome bunch of ideas. We usually put them in our garden. Flowers like Java just like humans.
These are all great tips, I knew about the garden, but I love the repelling of bugs!!
I absolutely love these ideas! I never knew coffee grounds had so many uses
Hadn’t thought of using them as an exfoliant, interesting!
I usually just compost them, but will have to try using them as an exfoliant and as a bug repellant.
Good tips! We use our coffee grounds in compost and I also use them as an exfoliant in my homemade body scrub (alongside pistachio shells). Thanks!
I use them in my garden they help replenish the soil from the tomato plants.
I store my coffee grounds outdoors in my potting shed, for later use in the spring.
I want to try for exfoliating but we typical let the kids run them out to their gardens.
Hadn’t thought of using coffee grounds in the fridge to neutralize odours.
I use them in the garden as a deterrent to slugs.
These are great ideas. I’ve just been composting the grounds.
Thank you for this great post on coffee grounds. I use coffee pods so can we do the same with coffee pods also?
Thanks for sharing these tips. I usually dispose of it in our compost.
Great ideas! I never thought of them to repel insects and pests but I am going to give it a try.
I didn’t know there are so many uses for coffee grinds, guess I’ll have to start collecting it instead of putting it in the green bin.
Thank you, I knew about composting but the exfoliant may just work for me as I have some allergies. The garden part is so interesting.
There are so many uses for coffee grounds I will have to try repelling bugs with them
Hey Angela,
Thanks for sharing such a nice blog. I usually throw the coffee ground as I was unaware of the multiple usages of it.
From now onwards, I will follow your tips.
I love coffee a lot, and I will try all of these tips you have mentioned here. Thanks for such a nice blog!!
None of our coffee grounds are wasted.