Archive for September, 2006
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … old candles?
A few years ago, I went through a spate of buying candles. We don’t use them much any more but have been known to have the old candle-light game of Scrabble or lit by candles, eat soup inside a den built out of cushions and quilts in the middle of the living room (we […]
13 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … old tennis balls?
A few weeks ago, I did a post about old tennis rackets but what about old tennis balls?
What can you do with them once they’ve been punctured or misshapen to such an extent that even the dog rejects them as a play thing?
(Photo by vierdrie)
33 Comments » - Posted in items, sports by louisa
Monday, September 11th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … old radiators?
We’ve had a message from Lindsay, wondering what she can do with an old radiator.
She’s posted it on Freecycle but hasn’t had any interested in ti - so has anyone got any ideas about how she can recycle or reuse it?
She hasn’t said whether it’s a cool old one like in the picture or a […]
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … random odd gloves?
It’s getting to that time of the year when we pull all our winter gear out of storage for re-use and the annual glove-pairing gala begins.
Do gloves migrate north for the summer? And do some of them get lost on the journey there or back? That’s really the only explanation I can come […]
6 Comments » - Posted in clothes and fabric, items by louisa
Thursday, September 7th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … pencil sharpenings?
Last week, I wrote a bit of a rant about how much I hate it when pencil leads are broken (HATE) and asked what I could do with the formerly-useful pencils.
But I didn’t think about the resultant sharpenings.
If the pencil is wood, I guess they can be composted - right?
But what about previously-foam-cup pencils that […]
