Students Find Ways to Reduce Coffee Waste
Australians consume 37 million kilograms of coffee a year. The industry is worth about $8 billion per year. That’s an awful lot of used wet coffee grinds to dispose of!
The Year 10 Home Economics classes have been developing their sustainability knowledge and skills. The girls have been exploring ways to reduce waste when working in the café industry.
Some options include using coffee grinds to:
- create compost
- scare off bugs in the garden
- neutralise odours
- scour pots and pans
- create a natural dye
- tenderise meat
- grow mushrooms
The list goes on and on. Our girls opted for a natural beauty product.
Students really enjoyed creating their own scented coffee body scrub with coffee grounds collected in Term 1.
Megan Franzinelli and Alexandra Brown’s Year 10 classes are excited for the commencement of the Daily Grind Café service. The service operates during class time providing students with the opportunity to develop their barista skills from Term 2 through to Term 4.
Why not make your own scrub in the holidays? Here’s the recipe the girls used in class.
Homemade Coffee Body Scrub
1 medium sized jar
¼ cup coconut oil
80 grams (½ cup) ground organic coffee beans
¼ cup castor sugar or brown sugar
80 grams coarse rock salt
½ tsp vanilla extract
5 drops of your favourite essential oil
Optional: Herbal Oil extracts ie: Lemon myrtle, rosemary, lavender
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl until well combined.
Store in a mason jar or other air-tight container.
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Author: Santa Maria College
Santa Maria College is a vibrant girls school with a growing local presence and reputation. Our Mission is to educate young Mercy women who act with courage and compassion to enrich our world. Santa Maria College is located in Attadale in Western Australia, 16 km from the Perth CBD. We offer a Catholic education for girls in Years 5 – 12 and have 1300 students, including 152 boarders.
