Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … foam packing ‘peanuts’?

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:44:12 +0000

Sometimes if you spray polystyrene it dissolves so be careful

By: Five fantastic reuses for expanded Polystyrene foam packaging | Broken Equipment Blog

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:52:02 +0000

[...] its foam ‘peanuts’ counterpart which can be reused as multi-purpose packaging again and again, the moulded stuff only really fits [...]

By: Solway Recycling

Solway Recycling — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:43:19 +0000

Bedding for small animals?

don’t know if they’d try and eat it though.

By: Five fantastic reuses for expanded Polystyrene foam packaging | Save On Energy Bills

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:07:21 +0000

[...] its foam ‘peanuts’ counterpart which can be reused as multi-purpose packaging again and again, the moulded stuff only really fits [...]

By: Five fantastic reuses for expanded Polystyrene packaging | How can I recycle this?

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:09:23 +0000

[...] its foam ‘peanuts’ counterpart which can be reused as multi-purpose packaging again and again, the moulded stuff only really fits [...]

By: HuntingWabbits

HuntingWabbits — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:18:47 +0000

I once saw a kindergarten teacher do this and I thought it was brilliant. She made little snowmen and had the children bring in hats and scarves to decorate them.
Fill a plaint white plastic shopping bag 3/4 with white packing peanuts and tie the top. Squeeze/twist it in half and then tie the twisted part to make a separation of the head and body. Tape down the corners at the bottom so they are round. Add pipe cleaner arms and decorate with buttons, hats, more peanuts, etc.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:25:53 +0000

I am going to spray some gold and silver for an Egyptian themed New Year party and mixed with the gold chocolate coins will be great as treasure.

By: angela

angela — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:12:31 +0000

There’s a reason they call this stuff ghost poop! I really like the ones made of cornstarch, water melts them away. I have used them for drainage in pots and just for mailing things.

By: woohoo50

woohoo50 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:11:30 +0000

packing peanuts can be used to stuff beanbag chairs as well. Not a difficult project for anyone with old sheets or blankets and a sewing machine.

By: no1hoarder

no1hoarder — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:03:10 +0000

Ed, I’d love to see a photo of yours, but I think I get the idea! Gonna try it today!

By: ed

ed — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:30:06 +0000

I’ve made small igloos with the packing foam peanuts (on an 8″x8″ cardboard). Glue peanuts in a circle using lots of glue. Let them dry for a day then use tooth picks like sishkabobs to build from the base to make the walls. Slant the walls toward the middle leaving a hole in the top.

By: Ruti

Ruti — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:50:37 +0000

Schools use these a lot too for random crafts – makes good hair for paper plate faces.

Or, if you’re in a hawian mode, string them into a long necklace to welcome folks : )

I think they also get used as garlands too. Not sure if they can stand up to gold spray paint though – it might dissolve them. How about encouraging the companies to switch to natural popcorn (this can also be scented with essential oils) it makes great packing!

By: Ripe Green Ideas

Ripe Green Ideas — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:23:40 +0000

You can also make a fantastic lamp with them!
As Mollie did in her apartment (instructions included in English)
My post (in French) with all the links
http://vertes-et-mures.blogspot.com/2008/10/une-lampe-en-chips-de-packaging.html

Cheers

By: Betty C

Betty C — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:37:32 +0000

Send me your address and I will ocassionally send you some packing materials. I do a lot of online ordering.

By: renee

renee — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:17:53 +0000

bean bag and pillow stuffing!

By: How can I reuse or recycle … moulded polystyrene? » How can I recycle this?

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:19:40 +0000

[...] other suggestion was moulded polystyrene packaging because while we’ve covered loose polystyrene peanuts and sheets of foam, we haven’t mentioned those nasty squeaky environmental nightmares yet. [...]

By: ExpandOS

ExpandOS — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:40:55 +0000

The best thing to do is not to use Packing Peanuts at all. Check out a 100% environmentally product called ExpandOS that not only works like a peanut, but actually protects whatever you are shipping.

By: Insulate Your House with Packing Peanuts? - Unsought Input

Insulate Your House with Packing Peanuts? - Unsought Input — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:34:04 +0000

[...] There’s a company in England turning them into pencils, rulers, and other school supplies, but they are too far away. I’ve only found a few other reuse ideas. [...]

By: sandy

sandy — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:25:35 +0000

you could string them up and paint then for christmas garland.

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:46:08 +0000

offer them on freecycle – someone always need to pack something

By: Cadan ap Tomos

Cadan ap Tomos — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:16:25 +0000

Remarkable (www.remarkable.co.uk) use them to make biros. Send them to them and they might give you money for them.

By: Emanla Eraton

Emanla Eraton — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:14:59 +0000

Use them yourself for packing material. You dont have to shred up paper, and you can use them along with airbag packaging

By: Jory

Jory — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:38:38 +0000

ebay seller would LOVE free or cheap popcorn! I was just at staples, and a small bag of it was selling for $10.00!

By: Niki

Niki — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:05:38 +0000

Here in California you can find the small shipping stores, like Mail Boxes Etc. (some now called The UPS Store) that have boxes for dumping your used peanuts. They can reuse them instead of buying new peanuts. You get rid of your peanuts and they save some money.

By: dotCompost

dotCompost — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:58:49 +0000

I put a few in the bottom of a large flower pot or plant container – it reduces the amount of compost I need, and the pot is a little lighter with less soil.
:O)