Archive for December, 2006
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … slate tiles?
I’ve been thinking about Scott’s really big piece of slate from Monday and it reminded me that I often see old slate roof tiles in skips around our estate as houses are renovated and new roofs added.
We have a slate surround and hearth for our fireplace so slate goes well in our living room but […]
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … a really big piece of flat slate?
Had an email from Scott Tillman:
I hate throwing away old furniture, but sometimes there’s nothing left to do but mulch that old wood and move on. That’s fine except now I have the slate top to an old pool table (so its about 4′x8′x1″) and I’m trying to figure out what I can […]
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … old plastic (credit) cards?
Because of all the hoohah over identity fraud, we’re told that bank cards and credit cards need to be snipped up into a million pieces then strewn to the four corners of the earth, preferably into volcanoes and the like. But are there any green (yet still not fraud-risky) ways to recycle them instead?
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