How can I reuse or recycle … rusty screws, nails and assorted bits?
Completely out of character, I went on a bit of a tidying rampage at the weekend. Well, I sorted out some boxes in the spare room and the storage chest in the living room – that’s a rampage for me.
Amongst the random bits of paper (recycled/composted) and unnecessary household objects like two phones even though we don’t have a landline (charity shopped/Freecycled), I found various nuts, bolts and screws in various states of rusting. I added these to the ice cream tubs of random nuts, bolts, screws, washers, hinges etc that we have in the cellar and it made me wonder if we’d ever get around to using them.
We dip into the boxes whenever we need a fixing but we just don’t need enough of them to make any headway through the tubs and we tend to pick the least rusty ones when we do need something – so what can we do with the rusty rest?
(Photo by fugue, who seems to have a similar collection)
you could put them in side too cans to make a really loud rattle
Artists like things like this! Donate to a school art class, or simply freecycle – you might be surprised at the response!
Awesome Idea!
Keep them, you might need them!
If they’re ferrous, plant them under a hydrangea bush to turn the flowers blue.*
*May not work. :D
How about a secret safe for dad! or anyone for that matter…
http://www.makingfriends.com/gifts/dad_jarsafe.htm
For those that you cant use-can put a few in flower pots for the iron and they will hold heat to the plants when the sun goes down and it cools off.
use a nut as a fishing pole sinker.
mount them in a concrete block as a conversation piece.
Use a lot of them as a weight for a boat.
Shrapnel
One of our readers Jennifer Houck used some of her random bits to decorate a photo frame for her nephew – I really like the industrial feel to it :)
i can take them off of you i will pay the postage as i run a buisness and need loads if nuts & bolts please get back to me A.S.A.P
I have tons of old nails. Do you want them too?
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hi george
I’ve heard that a rusty nail and a wee bit of sugar in the water well of
your Christmas tree helps keep it fresher longer.