OT: Coffee grounds down the sink drain?

Good for the pipes - don't clog.

Use them for compost instead.

Bad for septic systems - don't break down.

My wife says she used to do it all the t ime when she was growing up to help clean out the garbage disposal. Dunno how effective it is, but it certainly won't clog the pipes.

Since we don't drink coffee and live in citrus country, we put orange peels and such down.

--RC (who had to call the plumber Friday when the kitchen sink backed up.)

You can tell a really good idea by the enemies it makes

Been doing it for 35 years. 10 years in one home and 25 years in the other. Never a problem. Will just keep on doing it.

My uncle was a plumber and he always said that if more people dumped their coffee grounds down the drain, he would have less work. Something about the grounds already being oily and that they attract cooking grease and kept the pipes clean. It's probably an old wife's tale.

Lance

I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show snipped-for-privacy@epsno.com (Jedd Haas) wrote back on Sun, 05 Dec 2004 13:08:54 -0600 in rec.crafts.metalworking :

Put them under the rhododendrons, they raise the acid level of the soil, which is the trick for rhoddies. Starbucks is making a fortune selling used coffee grounds.

tschus pyotr

Old plumber's tale, more likely :-)

Of course, it helps when the water flow is good enough to "flush" the line.

Blueberries too? Randy

I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show "Randy Replogle" wrote back on Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:52:18 -0500 in rec.crafts.metalworking :

I think the blueberries go in the muffins.

Oh, you were asking about the plants. I don't know, but if blueberries like an acidic soil, coffee grounds are suppose to raise the acidity of the ground. Tain't much, but enough. Heck, it is one way to get rid of your grounds.

Selling them? In my neighborhood they give them away. My wife scores a package a day and dumps it on our banana plants. For a while, they just put out the bags of used grounds in a box for people to take, but now you have to ask for them.

Alan

I should stop by and get so ia may be able to strain out a good cup .

They weren't that good *before* they were used.