Archive for May, 2007

Monday, May 7th, 2007

How can I reuse or recycle … foam pizza/garlic bread bases?

There’s something about the combination of garlic, parmesan and salt on flat garlic breads that I absolutely love. I think it might be the cheese and the salt - and perhaps the garlic.
Because we don’t always have time to make our own, we have either a flat garlic bread or a frozen pizza about […]

10 Comments » - Posted in food and the like, items, kitchen, packaging by louisa

Friday, May 4th, 2007

How can I reuse or recycle … shedded animal hair?

One of the ways we ask for suggestions of items to feature here is for people to send in clever things they’ve done. Wendy Brodie did just that and sent in some great ideas:
I have 2 long haired dogs and the hair when they moult is quite substantial. I used to do some spinning […]

15 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

How can I reuse or recycle … used dryer sheets?

Wearing our Compost This hat, we had an email from Beth Schreiber asking whether tumble dryer sheets can be composted.
I might be wrong but I believe the sheets are usually synthetic - but whether they are or not, I’d still be dubious about composting them because of the various chemicals they contain to do all […]

21 Comments » - Posted in household, items, kitchen by louisa