Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 28th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … old maps?
We’ve had a clever suggestion from Shabnam:
This might be an obvious one: but use old maps as wrapping paper! I just used some for to friends who loved it.
Our town hall had sent out maps indicating the energy consumption of each building. Nice to look at, but soon wasted, so I suggested for people […]
6 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … ivy?
We’ve had an email from Jen & Dave, asking:
We recently moved into a new house that was COVERED in ivy. We’ve pulled most of it off for the sake of the masonry but haven’t got space to compost it all since it takes so long to break down. Any ideas what we can […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Christmas, garden, items by louisa
Monday, September 24th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … mobile phone chargers?
We’ve had an email from Angelica asking about how she can recycle mobile phone chargers.
Some charities/companies that take old mobiles accept the chargers too since they’ll re-sell working phones to the developing world (for example in the UK, Help the Aged) but this isn’t the case with every phone recycling scheme. It might be […]
5 Comments » - Posted in items, technology by louisa
Friday, September 21st, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … little pieces of bubblewrap?
We’ve featured bubble wrap before but many of the (great!) suggestions were for big pieces - installation around plants, shower curtains, . However, Aine Palmer has asked about smaller pieces:
In our local supermarket, the punnets of strawberrys all have a small piece (3×4 being the smallest, and the largest not too much bigger) of […]
15 Comments » - Posted in household, items, packaging by louisa
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
How can I reuse or recycle … school milk cartons?
We’ve had an email from headteacher Carole Brautigam:
We are a small rural school for 4-9 year olds. We are currently working towards our eco-schools bronze award. We are keen to recycle the milk cartons that the children use.
We’ve covered the recycling of tetrapak before - there are a few companies that recycle it […]
