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Coffee Grounds

katiepops_2
katiepops_2 Posts: 359 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
I've just been cleaning out the coffee maker here at work, and as I threw the used coffee grounds away it occurred to me that there might be some uses for them. Does anyone know of any? Even if they're just good for plants or something.

Kate

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  • bugs
    bugs Posts: 186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    You can add them to the compost heap, or throw them straight on to your borders and beds (supposedly repel slugs although I doubt it!). I bring home my fruit cores etc for our compost, although I have yet to bring myself to collect the tea bags from our tea and coffee stations!
  • Downsizing__for_sanity
    Downsizing__for_sanity Posts: 390 Forumite
    100 Posts
    Coffee grounds are supposed to be really good for cellulite! You rub them on your thighs which I suppose means you're exfoliating too! Most expensive detox/cellulite buster/firming creams contain caffeine (probably as its a diuretic). Detox plans usually ban you from drinking the stuff, but apparently it works well on the outside of you if not on the inside.

    I haven't got cellulite (she says smugly) but I DO have a lot of slugs intent on eating my money-saving rocket and lettuce patch!

    DFS
  • catznine
    catznine Posts: 3,192 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I'm sure I read somewhere that coffee grounds(dried out) can be used to stuff pin cushions as they stop the pins going rusty!! :)
    Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.

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