Archive for April, 2007
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … a broken glass?
I was just filling up a glass with water when suddenly it decided to violently smash itself against the sink. I don’t know why. Perhaps it thought its life wasn’t worth living because it was half empty rather than half full or something.
Anyway, now I have a broken glass.
We’ve covered broken crockery before […]
11 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Monday, April 16th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old vinyl 45s?
We’ve had an email from Scott Jones:
I have a bunch of old 45’s that are worthless and I feel awful just throwing them out. Any suggestions?
In my younger days, I worked at my local hospital radio and remember feeling the same way when they planned to dump a load of old records - both […]
13 Comments » - Posted in hobbies, household, items, technology by louisa
Friday, April 13th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … plastic pill and vitamin bottles?
We’ve had an email from Aleta asking for ideas on how to reuse or recycle plastic tablet and vitamin bottles/containers.
They’re usually so sturdy - and usually childproof - that ways to reuse them would be best but can they be recycled? I can’t see a number on the bottom of any of few we […]
27 Comments » - Posted in household, items, packaging by louisa
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … plastic VHS video cases?
We’ve covered on VHS cassettes before but now Suzy has emailed asking about their now redundant solid cases:
I have some old vhs tape cases. The cases are made of a plastic shell to hold the video that is glued to a cardboard outer layer with the artwork printed on it.
I’ve pulled apart several of the […]
13 Comments » - Posted in household, items, packaging, technology by louisa
Monday, April 9th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old photos?
We’ve had an email from Sue Taylor:
We’ve just moved to a much smaller retirement flat and we have hundreds of old holiday snaps and photos that none of the family want… You know the sort of thing, me in the pool, him in the pool, me on beach, him on beach etc etc yawn yawn…
Can […]
