Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … guitar strings?
We’ve had another email from Am (aka Delusion):
Ahh yes I’m back with yet another suggestion!
My partner is an avid musician and with three guitars, 2 x acoustic and 1 x electric, he often needs to restring them.
Does any one have any idea how to recycle or reuse them? We have both the […]
10 Comments » - Posted in hobbies, items by louisa
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … unwanted chopsticks?
We’ve had an email from Carine:
I have huge chopsticks left from those Chinese delivery, since we usually don’t use them… fork and knives do better !!!
So what can I do with them.
The first thing I would say would be to ask the take-out place to not include them with your order - reducing is always […]
14 Comments » - Posted in household, items, kitchen by louisa
Monday, August 27th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … drinks stirrers?
I’ve recently started drinking mixer type drinks in pubs - lime and lemonade, that sort of thing - and because of the heavy cordial involved, I usually get a stirrer or straw in my glass.
I also know a lot of cafés and coffee shops still use plastic stirrers rather than spoons for take-out drinks. […]
4 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Friday, August 24th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … plastic magazine baggies?
Connie Deakins submitted this comment on the used envelopes post but I thought I’d bring it here to highlight it:
How can I recycle the plastic envelopes that the Radio Times is sent in, and other publications? I have heard there is a place that recycles these but cannot locate it.
I assume she means the plastic […]
10 Comments » - Posted in items, packaging by louisa
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … crisp packets?
At any one time, there are at least two or three crisp (potato chips) packets blowing around our street, invariably ending up in our garden or making “fffffwhpp” sounds as they rattle against the railings at the end of the road.
I remember making shrinky-dinks out of them when I was a kid but aside from […]
