Archive for February, 2007
Friday, February 16th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … broken umbrellas?
After the post the other week about umbrella covers, it made me think about the umbrellas themselves.
I have repaired my current umbrella on a number of occasions whenever the cover become detached from the spikes but the fabric at the tips is getting weak now from its frequent visits from the sewing kit. I’ve […]
12 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old chocolate boxes?
We’ve already covered a number of Valentine’s Day type things:
Dried fresh flowers - such as roses
Greetings cards
Wrapping paper
And while we’ve thought about the wrapping on individual chocolates, we haven’t thought about the chocolate boxes themselves.
Some of them - particularly the high end, Valentine’s Day ish ones - are quite pretty and I’ve used them in […]
9 Comments » - Posted in Valentines, household, items, packaging by louisa
Monday, February 12th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … water filter cartridges?
We’ve had an email from Hannah Phillips asking if anyone has any ideas on how to recycle old water filter cartridges.
Hannah started using water filters because she thought it would be less wasteful than buying bottled water - less plastic etc - but now has the cartridges to dispose of instead.
Brita brand filters (which seem […]
20 Comments » - Posted in household, items, kitchen by louisa
Friday, February 9th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … an old bathroom suite?
Had an email from Bill about a bathroom suite:
I have a perfectly good condition bathroom suite, bath, WC basin and pedestal that have been removed during an upgrade.
They are sitting in my garage and I have spent hours searching the ‘net looking for a home, but it looks like I have no option but put […]
18 Comments » - Posted in bathroom, household, items by louisa
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … ‘waxed’ label sheets?
When he can be bothered, John writes a hideously geeky webcomic and we sell tshirts based on the “characters”. To ease the whole packaging and posting process, I use laser-printed mailing labels and while I try to minimise waste by only printing in full sheets of 21 labels at a time (I always need […]
