Archive for March, 2008

Monday, March 31st, 2008

How can I reuse or recycle … wine box bladders?

We’ve had an email from Lesley, asking:
Has anyone got any suggestions for re-using the “bladders” from the inside of wine boxes? Being both airtight and water-tight, there must be an alternative use for them.
Given the springing of spring this weekend and the fact it’ll probably be hard enough to get it clean (ie, un-wine […]

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Friday, March 28th, 2008

How can I reuse or recycle an old plastic dustbin?

We’ve had another meta suggestion - this time from Kate:
How can I recycle a black plastic dustbin?
It’s true you shouldn’t bin a bin!
It is true! We’ve actually got two old bins in our garden - one pre-dating my move here that’s filled with soil and has herbs and ivy growing out of it (the […]

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

How can I reuse or recycle lots of old twine?

We’ve had an email from Rachel R, saying:
We accumulate quite a lot of twine from hay bales used to feed horses at work. We get both the rough, “hairy” and plastic kinds. The only thing I can think to do is give it away at gardening sales this spring or to teachers for use in […]

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

How can I reuse or recycle plastic recycling boxes?

We’ve had another suggestion from the wonderful Am (Delusion), and it’s a bit of a meta one:
As our council have changed our curbside collection from collection boxes for paper & bottles etc to now using our old black wheelie bins, I thought of what could be done with the old recycle boxes.
The council will recycle […]

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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

How can I reuse or recycle excessive Easter egg packaging?

It’s our third Easter here on Recycle This so this is just a quick post harking back to previous Easter-ish posts:

How can I reuse or recycle … excessive Easter egg packaging? (2006)
How can I reuse or recycle … excessive Easter egg packaging? (2007)
How can I reuse or recycle … shiny chocolate wrappers?
How can I reuse […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Easter, food and the like, items, packaging by louisa