Coffee grounds
Coffee grounds should be placed in your general waste bin. However, there are more options that offer better environmental outcomes such as composting or worm farming. Coffee grounds cannot go in ACT recycling or green garden waste bins.
Disposal options
- Home compost bin, bokashi bin or worm farm
- Thinly sprinkle directly on your soil as a fertiliser or pest repellent
- If you are participating in the Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) service then you can place coffee grounds into your FOGO bin
- For commercial organic collection services contact:
- Place in your general waste bin
Additional information
The Canberra Environment Centre provide information on composting and sell a range of composting systems at a reduced price.
Why?
When coffee grounds are sent to landfill, they decompose without oxygen. This produces methane, a harmful greenhouse gas. It's also wastes valuable nutrients and energy that could be reused.
Through composting valuable organic matter and nutrients can be recaptured and used to benefit the environment.
Related items
This may include coffee grounds; coffee beans.