Mon 5 Feb 2007
Had an email from a fellow cat fan Jo White:
Our two cats are developing increasingly sophisticated appetites….they still have canned food but do occasionally like to have the food that comes in small foil trays. I’m loathe to throw them out and I don’t have a garden so re-using them for plant seedlings isn’t a solution unfortunately. Can they be recycled anywhere in the UK?
If they’re just foil, I think they can be recycled along with aluminium foil - is that right? if not, can they be recycled any other way?
And what about reuses? Any non-gardeny suggestions for Jo?
(Photo by Jo)





john b
February 5th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Fool your cats into thinking you forked out for the posh stuff by serving cheap tinned food in the foil trays. They’ll never know!
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hazel_tree
February 5th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
If you ever make candles, trays like that (and take-away trays) are great for your left-over wax.
Pour the wax into the tray while it is still hot. When it has cooled and hardened it can be stored in the trays and then easily removed for reuse.
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Mike
February 5th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Foil is recyleable; friends and aquaintances give me theirs, inc. the foil catfood trays. I sell it (washed and squashed) to a local scrapmetal dealer, (along with but in separate bags) ali. drinks and food cans. I donate all the proceeds to charity. (Not all my local scrap merchants will take the foil). Good luck.
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Katz
August 15th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I like your idea, Mike. I can try to raise some money for a charity too - my co-workers use a lot of canned drinks, tinned soups and foil package for their lunch! Can you tell me how did you find your local scrapmetal dealer please? I tried to google it and nothing sensible comes up :-(
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Abby
February 13th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
decorate them and sell them as thing holders, like for jewelry or whatever.
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Tori
February 13th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Wash them and cover them with some wrapping paper. Use them for paperclips or other small things around your desk. That’s what I always do :)
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Robin
February 13th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
scribble all over it then you wont feel so guilty because it looks like rubbish :D
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Marie
February 14th, 2007 at 4:34 am
Use them to make muffins! Or small breads depending on how big they are…
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karen
February 15th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Cut or rip it into pieces ~ a half inch tall x a couple inches wide, engrave cute little words into them, and attach them to the front of homemade postcards.
Or take a couple, flatten them out, punch random holes with a nail, roll them into a cylinder and place a votive (in glass) or a tealight into it for a neat luminary. Crap, now I might have to go buy cat food for my non-existent cat just so I can try this.
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Stefanie
February 21st, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I saw a really neat lampshade made from those food tins. It was in Marie Claire Maison. Unfortunately, I only kept a copy of the photos not the instructions. But I can send that to you.
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Neyeli Garcia
May 18th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Donate them to an art class..they could use them to mix paint.
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Casey
July 17th, 2007 at 2:22 am
Decorate them as a bit and use them as little dip holders for parties or kids
use them as small mixing vessels (for example I make my own beauty products and those would be perfect)
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Katz
August 15th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Though they don’t take it when they collect stuff for recycling - you can bring your foil (washed) to a local Civic Amenity Site, or a Recycling centre. They usually have bins for foil there. Look for it on your local council’s website. Also - nowadays lots of supermarkets have their recycling collection bins somewhere at the back of the carpark. I always combine shopping with recycling.
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Anonymous
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
how can i put my rubby and can imack my own bin bacase i going new job and how can i do it?.
from sophie joyce
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