Archive for July, 2007
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … business cards?
John did a talk at LUGRadio Live the weekend before last and decided he wanted some cue cards to help him keep track of what he was speaking about. Looking around the house for something cue-card shaped, he found a stack of business cards from his last-but-one place of employment - and then another […]
14 Comments » - Posted in items, office by louisa
Monday, July 16th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … grass clippings?
We’ve had an email from the wonderfully-monikered “Cornish Bob”:
we’ve got about an acre of lawn which in the summer gets cut about once a week to every ten days depending on weather.
As you can imagine, it produces a LOT of grass cuttings. Some of it gets composted, some gets put in the chicken pen […]
13 Comments » - Posted in garden, items by louisa
Friday, July 13th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … shower curtain rings?
We’ve had an email from Carole Minvielle about shower curtain rings:
I have loads of these stored for some use I am yet to discover, but I found a use for ONE! I wanted a pretty soap dish for my favourite scented soap but it had to have ridges in the bottom so the water […]
13 Comments » - Posted in bathroom, household, items by louisa
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … shredded paper?
We’ve had an email from Jasmin:
I shred bank statements, receipts etc but our local authority doesn’t accept shredded paper in the recycling bin. I don’t have a garden so composting isn’t easy either, does anyone have any other suggestions?
I’ve seen shredded paper used as packaging to protect breakable items in the post so that’s one […]
22 Comments » - Posted in household, items, office by louisa
Monday, July 9th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … bottle caps?
We’ve had an email from Am about bottle caps:
As we have a lot of plastic water bottles, and they are easy enough to recycle/reuse… but what about the screw-on bottle tops?
When they are recycled the council insist the lids are not included…and I hate to waste all those little lids.
I always keep a few spare […]
