The ingenious use of coffee grounds for waste utilization

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Originally thought to be useless, but not so, a simple change of mind, unlimited use, reuse also makes the environment better.

Coffee beans are ground and brewed to form a delicious cup of coffee, the taste is dazzling, but what about the rest of the coffee grounds? Throw it in the trash? No, no! Don't waste it!

After extraction, the aroma of coffee beans is not all in the coffee, and the coffee grounds still have aroma, but generally the coffee grounds after brewing are wet, so they need to be dried before they can be used. Here are the ways to use the coffee grounds after drying:

First, eliminate the smell:

Put coffee grounds in uncovered containers, breathable paper bags or rags in the refrigerator to remove the smell.

Pour the coffee grounds into the ashtray to extinguish the cigarette butts and remove the smell.

The coffee grounds of the uncovered container are placed in the toilet, which is not drenched by water, which can remove the smell of the toilet.

After cutting heavily scented foods such as onions and garlic, rub some coffee grounds for dozens of seconds to remove the smell. Similarly, after eating seafood, you can also rub the coffee grounds to remove the fishy smell on your hands.

Coffee grounds are placed in the shoe cabinet to eliminate the stink of shoes.

Mixing dry coffee grounds and tea grounds with garbage can reduce the odor produced by garbage.

Second, strong decontamination:

The principle of hand washing with coffee grounds mixed with hand sanitizer is that the coffee grounds containing activated carbon can absorb a lot of tiny dirt, and then use the cleaning of hand washing milk, the decontamination effect is naturally better than the general.

Dry coffee grounds are packed in silk stockings and wipe the floor to achieve the effect of waxing.

The wet coffee grounds are fried dry in the pan to remove the oil smell of long-term cooking.

Third, needle insertion to remove rust:

Put the coffee grounds in the stockings and tie the knots so that the coffee grounds will not ooze, and then sew the flower cloth or doorknob cover on the outer layer to become a beautiful needle and prevent the sewing needle from rusting.

4. Fertilizer:

Coffee grounds can be spread on the soil of plants, as plant fertilizer, can also make flowers more colorful, but also can prevent insects.

5. Maintenance of bronze wares:

Freshly brewed coffee grounds or residual coffee oil can be covered with cloth or stockings with coffee grounds to wipe and maintain unpainted and electroplated copper products.