Did you know that in the Netherlands we produce as much as 120 million kilos of coffee grounds per year? When brewing a cup of coffee every day, you produce a lot of coffee grounds, a waste to throw away! There are many different ways to reuse these coffee grounds, this is good for you and for the environment.
Did you know that coffee grounds are full of nutrients? For example, coffee grounds are rich in nitrogen, magnesium and copper. All the ingredients for fertile compost that your plants will be very happy with! You can also use the coffee grounds in your vegetable garden: your carrots, lettuce and leeks grow like, the proverbial, cabbage when you pamper your vegetable garden a little with coffee grounds every now and then. Want to get the best results from your vegetable garden using coffee grounds? If so, we recommend that you first compost the coffee grounds in a compost pile.
Everyone knows it, the smell of onion on your hands after cutting. After cutting, your hands can smell like that for a long time. There is a solution to that! Get out your coffee maker, grab some coffee grounds and rub those hands! Rubbing releases oils from the coffee grounds, rinse your hands and the smell is gone!
Do you ever have products in the refrigerator that smell strongly? Coffee grounds can be a solution to that, too. What can you do? Very simple, place a container of coffee grounds in your refrigerator and the smell will disappear.
Often bothered by cats in the garden or snails eating your vegetable garden? To keep these unwanted visitors out of your garden, there is an animal-friendly solution: coffee grounds. Sprinkle some coffee grounds near your plants or in your vegetable garden among the vegetables, thus requesting these visitors to stay away. Your plants, cucumbers and cauliflowers will also grow better with this extra nutrition. A win-win situation!
Often bothered by cats in the garden or snails eating your vegetable garden? To keep these unwanted visitors out of your garden, there is an animal-friendly solution: coffee grounds. Sprinkle some coffee grounds near your plants or in your vegetable garden among the vegetables, thus requesting these visitors to stay away. Your plants, cucumbers and cauliflowers will also grow better with this extra nutrition. A win-win situation!
Done with those expensive scrubs that don’t always do their job? Then we have a cheaper and more sustainable alternative! Get started with coffee grounds. Mix in a bowl the coffee grounds, sugar and oil, rub your body with this and you will get a wonderful clean skin. The friction of the coffee grounds releases oil that is very healthy for your skin. This sustainable method is not tested on animals!
Suffering from scratches on your beautiful dark wood furniture and you don’t know how to get it out? Then try the following recipe: 1 tablespoon of coffee grounds, 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 1 tablespoon of warm water. Mix this and apply it to the scratch with a cotton pad, let it soak in and then buff over the scratch with a lint-free cloth. After this, your cabinet, table or chair will be as beautiful as when you bought it!
Socks made from coffee grounds? Yes there is! The first socks made from coffee grounds are a reality. The coffee grounds are collected together, this is dried until all the moisture is out. Then the dried coffee grounds are mixed with recycled polyester and this becomes the coffee yarn. Coffee yarns are brought together with recycled polyester and recycled spandex to create such things as: coffee socks!
