Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 10th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle old hollow core doors?
We’ve had an email from Mary asking about recycling hollow core doors.
I always see doors of one sort or another in skips around here but Mary has come up with an idea for an old one of hers - but needs a little help:
I would like to make a rattan or seagrass headboard for my […]
7 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Friday, March 7th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle TicTac boxes?
I was re-watching Juno the other day and it gave me an “ooh, how could I recycle…” moment.
For those who don’t know, Juno is an interesting and funny film about the titular character’s unplanned pregnancy at 16. While Juno herself is a little too wise-cracking for me, the rest of the characters and performances […]
19 Comments » - Posted in items, packaging by louisa
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle old tableclothes and runners?
We’ve had an email from Heather:
I have old ripped worn tablecloths and runners and such and I would like to know how to recycle them or donate them. They are not in good condition to donate to the goodwill or such, but don’t want to just throw them into an already overfilled landfill.
I was hoping […]
15 Comments » - Posted in clothes and fabric, household by louisa
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle disposable nappies/diapers?
Obviously the greener option is to use reuseable nappies but Katie emailed to say:
Did you know that the new disposable nappies are full of ‘swell gel’, it’s the same stuff you get from the garden centre to add to compost to retain moisture and costs around £5 a box.
I have started to re-use my […]
