#365zerowastechallenge WEEK 5 | Coffee grounds

Like most other people I love drinking coffee in the morning. To avoid waste and to have a delicious tasting coffee I use a Bialetti. The coffee tastes delicious and what is left in the end are always the coffee grounds. Coffee grounds can be reused for multiple things:

How do I reuse coffee grounds?
First, make sure to dry them. To prevent the grounds from going mold, you should put the grounds on a plate after using them. Let them dry on a sunny place, for example by the window. ​When they are dry you can store them in a reusable jar.

• Face and Body Scrub

​Coffee grounds can be reused for exfoliation. The grounds activate your skin and remove dead skin and it smells great. Coffee grounds are probably one of the best and most sustainable body scrubs you can get. By reusing them you also don't need to buy any face or body scrubs. This means that you can save money and avoid creating waste. 
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• Clean dishes and pans

On a zero waste talk I recently held a participant told me that coffee grounds can also be used for cleaning dishes and pans. Just place a bit of grounds on a cleaning rag and scrape away grease and grime. 

• Organic fertiliser

Coffee dregs have an almost neutral ph-value and are perfect to be used as an organic  fertiliser for plants.

• Wormbox

Like us humans, worms love coffee too! In case you have a wormbox at home, you can give the worms the coffee grounds. Just make sure to not overfeed them, and give them enough fruits and veggies. Giving them to much of coffee grounds makes them hyperactive, which shortens their life expectancy.