Archive for March, 2007
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … out of date food colouring?
I was sorting through a kitchen cupboard the other day and found three half bottles of food colouring from the days when I used to make colourful icing for cakes (mmm, sugar and E numbers).
All three - the faux-primary colours of red, yellow and blue - have gone past the “best before” date on their […]
13 Comments » - Posted in food and the like, items, kitchen by louisa
Monday, March 5th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … used staples?
We’ve had an email from Christina Albertsen:
My colleages and I throw away loads of used staples every day where we work, and I was just wondering if there’s a way of recycling them somehow!
If you have any ideas (apart from buying one of those stapless staplers, which I will be doing) that would be great!
They […]
19 Comments » - Posted in household, items, office by louisa
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … Q-tip/cotton bud sticks?
Had an email from Rani:
I’ve saved up the stems of old qtips (cut off the used cotton part) and now have a bunch of little paper sticks.
I’m planning to make a picture frame out of them but would like other more practical ideas before I do something decorative.
I’ve thought about this before too - we […]
