Comments on The Compost Bin: Composting Coffee Grounds

Very cool! I will have to keep an eye out the nex...

2008-04-24T03:01:00.000-04:00

Very cool! I will have to keep an eye out the next time I'm at Borders.

Do you guys throw in your coffee filters along wit...

2008-04-21T13:30:00.000-04:00

Do you guys throw in your coffee filters along with the grounds? Sometimes I use coffee pods with my Senseo machine, and I throw the whole pod in the heap.

Hi Dani,Coffee grounds and egg shells are great in...

2008-04-21T07:13:00.000-04:00

Hi Dani,
Coffee grounds and egg shells are great ingredients for compost. Keep up the good work and thanks for stopping by.

I'm glad that I ran across this post. I have been ...

2008-04-20T01:46:00.000-04:00

I'm glad that I ran across this post. I have been throwing my coffee grounds in my newly-created compost heap, but I was worried that it might not be a good idea. I usually have two pots' worth of grounds a day. Frankly, the grounds and my eggshells make up about 1/3 of my pile. Good to know that I can continue using them.

Kristy,Stop considering and start composting! Go ...

2008-04-17T09:36:00.000-04:00

Kristy,
Stop considering and start composting! Go for it. Thanks for finding the blog, I hope you come back to visit soon.

mss@ZanthanGardens,
Yes, don't you just love free stuff. I save some grinds for my blueberries because they love the acid too.

vagrant aesthetic,
That's great to hear! 550?!? Wow, too bad you aren't in NJ, I would have gladly taken a 550 pound donation. :)

I started donating used grounds from IKEA Orlando ...

2008-04-15T09:03:00.000-04:00

I started donating used grounds from IKEA Orlando to our local, organic farmers. Since March 19th I've given away 550lbs.

We're trying to distribute the grounds to more people but not everyone can get to IKEA so I take what I can to our monthly growers meetings.

I've also been getting mine from Starbucks for yea...

2008-04-14T22:27:00.000-04:00

I've also been getting mine from Starbucks for years. We have very alkaline soil here in Austin, so the lawn and roses really seem to appreciate the acidic coffee grounds.

Great stuff! It's great to know I can go up the s...

2008-04-03T21:09:00.000-04:00

Great stuff! It's great to know I can go up the street for some grounds, since I don't brew my own. I just found your blog as I am considering a compost pile of my own.

I linked to your post in my blog--keep up the good work!

Kristy @ intheweedswithguthrie.blogspot.com

Rachel,I wish I had a deal like that. I'd love a ...

2008-04-03T08:38:00.000-04:00

Rachel,
I wish I had a deal like that. I'd love a big trash bag full of coffee grinds.

Ayse,
Another one with a trash bag full of grinds. I'm missing out! :)

Katie,
Yes, I found Starbucks grinds to be an iffy situation. Not all stores did it.

Oldroses,
I never thought about flavored grinds, hmmm. I guess they would be okay, unless they were flavored with heavy metals or bleach. :)

The bags in the picture and the ones available at Starbucks are usually just from espresso, so they're fine.

Kate,
I heard that worms love coffee grinds. Let me know how they do in the long run. And I really must get my own worm bin. I'm jealous of you vermipeople. :)

I've collected coffee grounds from our local Starb...

2008-04-02T20:25:00.000-04:00

I've collected coffee grounds from our local Starbucks since 2000 - sometimes others get to them before I do, but not often. When I first started asking for them, I'd get these strange looks from some of the staff.

The worms in my composting bin indoors seem to be dealing well with my coffee grinds ... I try not to add too much at any one time.

I compost my own coffee grounds because I know tha...

2008-04-02T13:40:00.000-04:00

I compost my own coffee grounds because I know that they are "plain". What are your thoughts on "flavored" coffees? Do you or would you compost them? Does the flavoring have any affect on the resulting compost? Is it even organic?

Cool! I hope more companies with disposable waste...

2008-04-02T12:19:00.000-04:00

Cool! I hope more companies with disposable waste like this think about offering it as compost.

Unfortunately, when I was a Starbucks visitor in a previous life, I always saw the grounds in the trash rather than in the garden bins.

I hope this isn't just a fad!

By the way, you may want to verify this locally, b...

2008-04-02T12:01:00.000-04:00

By the way, you may want to verify this locally, but our neighborhood Starbucks told me to take all I want, because not enough people take the Grounds for Gardens bags and they end up throwing them out.

So whenever we have reason to go by there, I will stop in and grab a bag... or all of them. One time my husband left with an enormous trash bag of coffee grounds that they filled up for him from the bins behind the counter.

Awesome! We have a Borders nearby, so I'll have t...

2008-04-02T07:35:00.000-04:00

Awesome! We have a Borders nearby, so I'll have to look to see if they're doing this, too. Mostly, I just ask for grounds when I stop by local coffee shops. Sometimes, I get big trash bags of it!

Rachel @ in bloom