Archive for August, 2007
Monday, August 20th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … vinyl stickers?
We’ve had an email from Alison:
My company just organised a conference and we had some waterproof stickers printed up to promote it and give out. We’ve got a box leftover but they can’t be used at future events because they’ve got this year’s date and venue on them. Can they be recycled?
I’m assuming […]
9 Comments » - Posted in household, items, office by louisa
Friday, August 17th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … scraps of leather/suede?
As I mentioned in passing the other day, we hacked up a very old sofa at the weekend. We wanted to give it away for re-use as a sofa but it was in frankly awful condition - thanks to the cats and just years and years of use - we got it at least […]
10 Comments » - Posted in clothes and fabric, household, items by louisa
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … tree branches?
We’ve had an email from Sam:
I’ve just cut down a tree in my backyard. I’ll compost the leafy bits but the branches would take far too long to rot. What can I do with them? I thought about getting one of those chipper things but they’re expensive so do you have any […]
14 Comments » - Posted in garden, items by louisa
Monday, August 13th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old sofa foam?
We’ve got a reasonably large pile of old upholstery foam - some flat and square, other bits random shaped.
Some of it came from dismantling a very old (but beloved) sofa at the weekend, while the rest we’ve just acquired along the way from other people doing the same thing or just replacing cushions etc.
We’ve used […]
10 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Friday, August 10th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old margarine?
We went through a baking spell a few months ago and bought a block of margarine to use in our cakes.
When the short-lived obsession ended, we still had a chunk of it left but we’re butter people - and not big spread users anyway - so it’s just sat at the back of the fridge. […]
