Composting Coffee Grounds

Reader Contribution by Allan Douglas
Published on December 2, 2014
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I drink a lot of coffee; probably too much coffee, but that’s another issue. As a result of my coffee habit we have a steady supply of coffee grounds to dispose of. Coffee beans are a plant, why not compost them along with the rest of my kitchen waste? And that’s what I do.

Advantages of Composting Coffee?

  • Since the beans were harvested live, even though they have been roasted and ground up they are considered a “green” element of compost and a nitrogen source: C/N ratio about 20:1.

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