Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … French presses/cafetières/coffee plungers?
We’ve had an email from Jesse with a suggestion:
I use a French Press for making coffee in the morning, but I’ve gone through them in the past because they eventually crack.
Well, my most recent one finally cracked because of the dishwasher (my mistake…) but now what do I do with it? I’ve been searching […]
5 Comments » - Posted in household, items, kitchen by louisa
Monday, January 29th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … VHS video tapes?
I’ve always been a film fanatic and amassed quite a collection of videos over the years until DVDs came along. Most of my pre-recorded ones were given away and the ones we recorded ourselves went to live in the attic along with the VCR itself. A couple of years on, they’re still up […]
71 Comments » - Posted in household, items, technology by louisa
Friday, January 26th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old smoke alarms?
Had an email from Dave England asking: What do you do with smoke alarms that have low-level radiation sources in them?
He went on to explain that he’d heard that they should be replaced every ten years and his smoke alarms are now at least ten years old so he wants to know what he should […]
7 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … cooking oil?
Colleen Christensen has asked:
Is there anything one can do with rancid cooking oil?
(I don’t know how rancid she means by rancid but let’s assume she just means used and therefore slightly icky - say oil or lard from deep frying - rather than full on bleugh.)
I know that commercial fryers can recycle their old oil […]
19 Comments » - Posted in items, kitchen by louisa
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … blown down roofing tiles?
It’s been *slightly* windy in the UK over the past few days and there are lots of shattered slate tiles on the pavements around here.
My mum and dad, who live on the battered west coast, have spotted similar blown off tiles around them but the debris tends to be red roofing tiles rather than slate […]
