Archive for October, 2006

Friday, October 6th, 2006

How can I reuse or recycle … empty paint tins?

I was potting up the many, many children of my spider plant the other day and I needed more containers to use as plant pots. I went into the cellar and found a couple of old paint tins - gloss paint so actually tins rather than the standard plastic tub used for emulsion these […]

3 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

How can I reuse or recycle … camping fuel canisters?

Had an email from Russ Beebe asking:
How can I recycle … Coleman, JetBoil, and other nonrefillable fuel canisters? Thanks!
I had no idea what they were but thanks to Google, I now think he means camping gas/fuel canisters (is that right, Russ? if not, please correct me!)
I have a feeling this will be a recycle […]

10 Comments » - Posted in hobbies, items, sports by louisa

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

How can I reuse or recycle … old sieves?

We’ve got a couple of sieves that I’ve had for years. If I remember rightly, I bought a pack of three of them at the 50p shop in Liverpool before inflation hit and the 50p shop turned into a Poundland-esque effort.
Needless to say, they weren’t the finest quality sieves to start with and after […]

6 Comments » - Posted in items, kitchen by louisa