Archive for April, 2008
Friday, April 18th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle the spiral of a spiral bound notebook?
We’ve had an email from Emma, asking:
How can I recycle the spine from a spiral-bound notebook?
We’ve already covered plastic spines so let’s assume that Emma means the metal ones - because, well, I’ve got a couple lying around from old reporters pads after I’ve recycled the paper part.
A lot of pads are like the plastic […]
10 Comments » - Posted in household, items, office by louisa
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle chunky Lego bricks?
We’ve had an email from Chloe:
Legos seem as though they should have infinite uses after they have done their toy duty, and I would love to hear some. I mostly have the chunky toddler type.
I know they could be donated, but a nifty second life for them around the house would be even better. Also, […]
7 Comments » - Posted in items, toys by louisa
Monday, April 14th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle cardboard cup sleeves?
After writing about the ridged After Eight boxes the other day, it reminded me about something I thought of the other week.
Because John and I are utterly, utterly wild and live a hectic, glamorous lifestyle, the highlight of our Saturday a couple of weekends ago was a trip into Leeds for coffee and freshly made […]
7 Comments » - Posted in household, items, packaging by louisa
Friday, April 11th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle After Eight mints boxes and wrappers?
Andy (previously of the cat litter and bulk building material bag questions) has sent us a clever idea regarding those popular after dinner mints:
Here’s a suggestion form another Greeny site I visit. After Eight sleeves and the box they comes with, now used as a filing box for seeds.
Great idea - the little, slightly-waxed sleeves […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Christmas, household, items, packaging by louisa
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle plaster casts of feet?
We’ve had a bit of an unusual suggestion from Estelle:
I once had these models made of my feet. They used them to generate orthotics for my flat feet. Now I have these cumbersome, heavy plaster-of-paris models sitting around at home… What can one do with them?
I don’t know how heavy they are but maybe paint […]
