Fri 22 Jun 2007
We’ve had an email from Brian Garrett asking about recycling satellite dishes:
I’ve got one in the garage (after upgrading to the latest version). My neighbors have some on their roofs that are unused.
What is the best way to recycle an unused satellite dish? These are the smaller DirectTV/Dish network dishes - not the big 6′ dishes.
I suspect the number of old dishes floating around is growing steadily as people (in the UK) are encouraged to flip back and forth between cable and satellite depending on the current offer of the moment.
So any suggestions?
(Photo courtesy of my neighbours across the street who have a satellite dish on the side of their house)





karen
June 23rd, 2007 at 12:43 am
hows about a bird bath? break off that post thingy, fill in the holds with putty, paint a pretty color, attach to a column or big old lamp base or stump or something along those lines?
i also want to suggest gold panning, but i’ve never gold panned so i have no idea if it would work and really, does anyone gold pan anymore?
how thick is it? maybe take a bunch and use as stepping stones? that may be pushing it.
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relwefactor
June 23rd, 2007 at 6:30 pm
use toor as rellector fot sun to heat things…h20,water…food
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Harry
June 24th, 2007 at 11:09 am
I have a big one as an outdoor dunny roof. Line one with reflective foil for a passive solar cooker, potting bench if mouned on 3 legs; party wok!!!; an arrangement to aerate tumbling water
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Trish
June 25th, 2007 at 1:33 am
paint them to make some pretty art
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victor
June 25th, 2007 at 8:30 am
well what you actually have is a parabolic reflector which can be used to amplify any number of signals. i suggest that you simply use it for another product which could use the amplification. one good use would be to place a wireless usb ethernet device at the focal point and amplify your signal several folds. you can use this link to find the focal point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_antenna
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Sara
June 27th, 2007 at 2:01 am
We turned our old satellite dish into a water feature in the yard. It was an older satellite dish that was solid and large, with no holes drilled in it. We just dug a hole and now there is a pond in the back yard! If I were to do it again, I would recommend getting a plastic pond liner, to be able to sink the dish deeper and grow some water plants.
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steve
June 27th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
use it as saucer and slide down a snowy hill
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wek
July 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 pm
We have the large kind which is a mesh material and not solid. I thought about using it as a roof for a gazebo then grow an evergreen vine on it.
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Al
July 4th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Make a wifi receiver with it:
http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15/how-to-build-a-wifi-biquad-dish-antenna/
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Sherry
March 10th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Sell a couple to me for cheap! I want to make a UFO for my Halloween display. The Halloween display is to raise money for a local school program.
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Tracey
June 20th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Sherry - I have two or three in my attic you can have, if you will pay the shipping.
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