Fri 6 Apr 2007
We’ve had an email from Christina Biggs, who works for the Wildlife Trust.
I have 27 hard top yellow helmets which are out of date and need replacing according to health and safety regulations.
I run a waste and recycling classroom so ideally I would like to keep some of these on site and turn them into recycled products, I have thought about hanging baskets. What can these be recycled into? Any suggestions?
I was going to say hanging baskets (with a hole drilled in the bottom for drainage) but Christina beat me to it. Given they’re going to be pretty hard plastic, I don’t know how much they can be modified but I wonder if they could be made into fun birdboxes or something. Any other suggestions?
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trish
April 7th, 2007 at 4:17 am
give them to kids to play with, donate them to a daycare.
you could make a cool shelf of bins, secure them to a board somehow and store screws etc in them.
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Steph
April 7th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
You could make some beer helmets, and sell them.
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Lisa
April 8th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Hi
You could donate them to a school or children’s club for dressing up play. My son loves his dad’s old one.
Lisa
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Nigello
April 9th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
How about using them as planters or as a hanging basket?
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Mikaela
April 24th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
I’m going to a fancy dress party and need 11 hats by friday i’d be willing to buy them off you and pay for the postage? x
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Katz
August 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
You can sell or donate them to a fancy dress shop. I am sure they need them there!
Also - you can make a fun wall storage boxes from them: take a door hinge, screw one side to the wall, other side to the helmet, and on the other side of the helmet put a hook or a loop - and put a screw or a hook in the wall on the top. To stop things from falling out when it’s open - you can nail or staple some fabric on the inside of the helmet.
It would be good for shed storage or other storage for small items. Maybe crayons or other items..
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Kaz
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Your local amateur dramatics group might appreciate them - they’re always looking for potential costumes.
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Pat
May 7th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
here in Oklahoma, they would be welcome in a storm shelter, the meteorologists suggests wearing a helmit while in a storm shelter in case of falling debris.
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Jo
September 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I organise kids partys and the chldren would love to dress up in the yellow constrution hats.
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