Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … onion or orange nets?

By: Petra

Petra — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:00:48 +0000

I use the tiny one from garlic to fill with little pieces of soap, so you can use these to the end.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:37:47 +0000

Hadn’t thought of using them for protecting plants from the birds. I shall have to save them and see what I can do with them.

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:31:11 +0000

I used to put out the drier fluff as well, but stopped as I heard that the chemicals from dryer sheets that end up in it isn’t good for the birds.

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:30:41 +0000

I am hoping to use these in a class at Fact in Liverpool to make Fascinators with sequins made from toothpast tubes but got to experiment yet!

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:05:54 +0000

I use them for washing baby bottle nipple and rings in the dishwasher. It keeps them from falling thru.
I also use them as recycled produce bags along with my reusable shopping bags. They don’t weigh anymore than the plastic produce bags and you can reuse them!

By: Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:03:47 +0000

Get some old bacon fat/strips of bacon and tie it up, then use it on your crab line instead of hooks, took my kids crab fishing off harbour wall and this was great bait, didn`t need hooks, and didn`t need to keep rebaiting. Or use it as a bird feeder with melted fat/seeds/scraps in the garden.

By: Gulia

Gulia — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:01:00 +0000

Wrap couple of them around the head of a sunflower, when it developed seeds, so birds don’t get them.

By: ron

ron — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:20:29 +0000

I fill them up with the stuff you get out of the vacum cleaner and the fluff collected in the tumble drier and hang it up for the birds to use as nesting material

By: Desi

Desi — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:51:45 +0000

Mushroom collectors use them so that the spores drop back onto the ground and reseed.

By: renee

renee — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:15:43 +0000

You can make groovy shopping bags out of the huge orange bags. I also sew/weave wool through them to make warm winter cushions and funky handbags.

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:34:09 +0000

At the nature center we tape them to pieces of cardboard, then use it to make rubbings with paper and a crayon. Looks just like snake skin!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:26:47 +0000

I use the fine net ones (from garlic) for beach combing, as it holds tiny shells…and then you just rinse the whole bag under water to get rid of sand.

The larger orange net bags I use under the sink to stuff plastic bags in.

Orange net bags are also handy when camping for all sorts of things…. collecting stuff, organizing, and as recyclabling bags.

By: Amanda Kerik

Amanda Kerik — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:52:28 +0000

Depending on the size of the hole you cut, these are great in the shower to hold bits and pieces that tend to disappear.

I double them up and stretch them over sponges for scrubbing (dishes or skin)

You can probably use them in the wash for delicates, depending on the quality.

Use them as a giant sieve – to allow liquids to drip out of mini composts (if you’re into that kind of thing)

By: dancing girl

dancing girl — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:24:58 +0000

I have used them for protecting strawberries from hungry birds. Just prop them up on short sticks.

By: http://www.Craftbits.com

http://www.Craftbits.com — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:47:42 +0000

Hi,

I know these nets are great for making dish scrubbies, you just bunch them all up and srub away… they can also be used for bagging up bath toys or beach toys and then just washing them with a hose or in the sink.