Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old telephones?
We’ve had an email from Sally Harrop, asking for ideas for recycling or reusing “normal” telephones:
By which I mean land line telephones. I have an ordinary handset and an old battery driven cordless phone (which must have dodgy innards) neither of which work now.
We are inundated by requests for old mobiles, usually because someone […]
10 Comments » - Posted in household, items, office, technology by louisa
Friday, April 27th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old movie posters?
We’ve had an email from Nichola:
My husband works in a cinema and has brought home a heap of old movie posters for me to recycle into something else. But what? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Given Nichola had a link to the wonderful Etsy in her email signature, the first ideas I had […]
8 Comments » - Posted in hobbies, items by louisa
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … a dead electric razor?
After the disposable razor post the other week, I decided to make a concerted effort to avoid using them in the future and stick to using my rechargeable electric razor instead - and then, of course, said electric razor died.
I don’t know if the battery just stopped holding charge or if something mechanical went wrong […]
4 Comments » - Posted in bathroom, items, technology by louisa
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … stone/clay beer bottles?
We’ve had an email from John B:
I was recently bought some beer which came in stone/clay bottles. Having now drunk all the beer I am looking for something to do with the bottles. I wanted to reuse them for home brew but I am unable to get the corks back in as my […]
8 Comments » - Posted in food and the like, household, items, packaging by louisa
Friday, April 20th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … dental floss packaging
We’ve had an email from [Am]:
My partner and I have been wracking our brains trying to find a use for the plastic dental floss packaging. The part that holds the floss and has a little blade at the top.
I’ve looked for company websites to see if they can be returned and used to no […]
