Coffee : Advice On Making Your Drinking Habits More Environmentally Friendly

If you want to continue drinking coffee (relatively) guilt free, below are some ways to make your coffee habit less harmful to the environment:Consume Less Coffee – It takes around 200 liters of water to produce the coffee, milk, sugar, and cup for one regular cup of coffee.

Therefore, Just cutting one cup of coffee a day would really help the environment. Drink Local Coffee – Buy coffee which has traveled the shortest distance to reach you to help lower the impact of shipping fuel on the environment. Buy A Cool Mug – Purchase a cool mug that you will want to again and again; eliminating the need for styrofoam cups, plastic sippy tops, java jackets, cup holders, etc. Do Without A Coffee Stirrer – Instead of mixing cream and sugar into your coffee, try adding the sugar and cream in the empty cup.

Then slowly pour your hot coffee on top, letting the heat naturally dissolve the sugar. Compost

Your Coffee Grounds – Instead of throwing out your old coffee grounds, create a compost heap and toss your used coffee grounds in.

The nitrogen rich coffee will make a powerful fertilizer.

You can also spread it on top of your plant's soil if you do not have a compost heap. Purchase Organic Coffee – Organic coffee is grown without toxic chemicals, and is grown in such a way that protects sensitive ecosystems and the birds that live within them. Opt For Fair Trade Coffee – Rainforest Alliance and Transfair coffees not only ensure fair living wages for coffee farmers, they take into account environmental standards in their certification process. Choose A Good Coffee Filter – To minimize unnecessary paper consumption, consider buying a reusable gold coffee filter; not only will it help the environment, it makes your coffee taste better.

You should look for unbleached, biodegradable ones. Keep Pests Away – Rather than using chemicals in your garden to keep away unwanted pests like ants and neighborhood cats, sprinkle coffee grounds and orange peels in your garden.

The nitrogen in the coffee burns ants' legs and is much better than using harmful chemicals.
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