Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle egg boxes?

By: louisa

louisa — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:38:01 +0000

I do the same for chitting seed potatoes.

By: Bertie

Bertie — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:10:56 +0000

I keep mine in one piece to start onion sets off – one onion per compartment. That way, I can successively grow them in batches.

By: Solway Recycling

Solway Recycling — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:00:11 +0000

Kids love making glasses out of egg boxes. Parents not so much the tidying up.

By: Olia

Olia — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:48:00 +0000

Keep matches in them, candles, may be some valuables or anything you want to be dry, in case of flood and keep out in an open, better also inside the plastic beg. During the flood or may be river crossing they will simply float without getting wet.

By: Student

Student — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:32:21 +0000

I have use my egg box to conceal excess cable mostly small wires not so much big power cords usb or ethernet cables

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:01:22 +0000

styrofoam egg boxes: for shipping–firm enough yet not like styrofoam “peanuts” which spill all over.

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:47 +0000

I cut the bottom of a margarine tub off to make a tray and then put a ‘sheet’ of eggbox packaging in it , add water , cress seeds and sunlight for a couple of weeks to get a tasty salad.

By: Shorty

Shorty — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:43:14 +0000

If you have one of the little ones (they hold like four or six) you can use it to hold the one or two eggs that is always left from the dozen without taking so much room like if you kept it in the big one. Also can be made into a cute caterpillar for the kiddies.

By: Yumeji

Yumeji — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:11:36 +0000

Store multiple pin cushions for sewing:
http://whipup.net/2008/06/28/recycled-sewing-box-tutorial/

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:30:25 +0000

Simple a window sill herb garden tray.
Bit of compost and seeds BANG window sill garden. Once used on to the compost pile.

Or coat the outside with pva glue to reuse time and time again!

Mix some paint with the glue to match your kitchen colour!

By: Green eyed monster

Green eyed monster — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:38:49 +0000

I like to fill them with dog mess and then go down to the city and fire them at bankers. Keeps your fingers nice and clean!

By: Ruti

Ruti — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:01:19 +0000

Schools love them for junk craft, espesciall since not all eggs are sold in cardboard packs these days.

By: Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:14:29 +0000

make eggs-cellent starter pots for seedlings/plant cuttings

By: Ripe Green Ideas

Ripe Green Ideas — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:26:23 +0000

You can make lamps and decorate stings of lights with them.

Photos and links to instructions are given on my blog:

http://vertes-et-mures.blogspot.com/2008/10/lampe-en-bote-doeufs.html

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:10:47 +0000

I halve them and use the top of the carton (flat side) in my kitchen as liners for bottles of oils and sauces (they absorb these great!) and the bottom (pack of 6 or 12) as storage and dividers in my bathroom and dressing table for: jewellery, contact lenses (plastic ones work a charm for these), aromatherapy oil bottles, small tubes and gels etc.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:39:52 +0000

I use them to eat my boiled egg out of,who needs to go and bye an egg cup!

By: rajha

rajha — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:08:17 +0000

my friend told me that it is good in soundproofing…. i didn’t try it but..some says it is very effective….

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:26:19 +0000

your foodbank may take them

By: KatyH

KatyH — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:18:22 +0000

I make fire starters from them. Fill each cup and the top with dryer lint. Save your candle stubs, melt them in a clean can (I don’t recommend coffee cans due to the rim) and pour over the lint. You’ve now recycled 3 items and can get a wood or charcoal fire started easily without the danger & smell of lighter fluid.

By: Rosalind

Rosalind — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:23:25 +0000

If you know anyone who keeps a few chickens – not a big farm, just a few in the garden – then hand them over! You will probably get a few eggs in return if you keep it up. When you keep chickens you stop buying eggs so you run out of eggboxes really quickly, especially in summer when you have more eggs and give them away more often. Small farmers selling at the farm gate will also be grateful.
ALSO! I use egg boxes to prop up my potatoes while they are chitting. Then they go back to being egg boxes.
ALSO! The 1 dozen size is perfect for painting green and making a crocodile puppet!

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:53:03 +0000

I used to use them to collect rocks and shells and such. Little treasure boxes!

By: Aspen

Aspen — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:15:57 +0000

They work great for painting!

By: dotjay

dotjay — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:47:23 +0000

We’ve quiet successfully used many egg boxes to sound-proof our garage before now. The shape of the bottom half of egg boxes makes them quite good at absorbing sound.

By: Emanla Eraton

Emanla Eraton — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:46:27 +0000

Use them to play Mancala.

By: Anke

Anke — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:30:54 +0000

I use egg boxes to store spare car light bulbs or other small glass items and christmas tree decorations, easter eggs etc

By: bev

bev — Tue, 30 May 2006 12:14:45 +0000

I cut up the bottoms and use them instead of peat pots in the garden – I uase the tops for that too, just when the bottoms are more convienent because you can plant them in different places rather than all in one lump.

I do soak them in water first – they seem to be a lot more water resistant than they used to be these days.