Fri 1 Dec 2006
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?
And what about cards that don’t require such precautions? I have a whole wallet full of plastic credit-card-esque cards that have expired - like discount/reward cards, my old library card and the frequent flyer card from when I frequently flew.
Aside from breaking and entering locked warehouses in movies, anyone got any suggestions for reusing them?
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Reto
December 1st, 2006 at 12:33 pm
In winter I use my cards as emergency ice scraper on the windows of my car, but else … ?
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Matt
December 1st, 2006 at 1:47 pm
They are excellent for applying filler to walls, wood, etc and for grouting tiled walls.
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James
December 1st, 2006 at 9:21 pm
I’ve received a suggestion to use them as shims, especially for the promotional cards that don’t work for actual transactions.
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Lauren
December 2nd, 2006 at 8:55 pm
I saw someone make teeny little notebooks from them, and I’ve seen earrings made from shaped bits of credit card. I have a stash of old cards for just such crafts, but I guess I’m waiting to see if I can come up with something more clever. Can’t wait to see the other ideas here!
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everyday trash
December 6th, 2006 at 6:31 am
In junior high I used to wear earrings made from old bank cards. But the tiny book idea is so much cuter!
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Diana
December 9th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
I have seen old plastic bags melted together into placemats of mug mats, could credit cards be melted too?
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Amy
December 30th, 2006 at 6:32 am
I give them to my four-year old. She puts them in her play purse and uses them when she play “shops”.
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Alison
January 11th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
I use an old card as a shoehorn.
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nancy
January 15th, 2007 at 1:22 am
I use them to clean kitchen counter tops
of dried sticky spills
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Pietro
January 17th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Knives. Now that you cannot bring even a plastic knife on a plane, you still need something to cut food with. Last time I used a credit card to cut some cheese.
NOTE: some people might want to wash it before…
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Cory
February 13th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
I cut up my old credit cards and use the cut out pieces as guitar picks. You can get a half doezen picks out of one card, and they are durable too!
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Stephanie
February 22nd, 2007 at 2:08 am
After scraching your number and detales of the card you can give them to children for playing shopping.
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chris
February 28th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
I use them for making sculpture, smoothing down a clay surface or cutting groves in to make a textured surface.
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caro
August 12th, 2007 at 2:51 am
I cut the logo off and Barbie has a Visa :-)
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sfcupatea
May 17th, 2008 at 7:33 am
hmm.. gives me good ideas.. if you have a ton, cut them into similar shapes and use for poker chips???
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Vicky
May 17th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
You won’t believe this but credit cards are great for using to use like tiles for a mosaic. I actually saw a pool that the owner had used thousands of old credit and debbit cards to tile it. You may want to stick with trivets.
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