Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycling broken dishwater parts?
At the start of the year, we had an email from Matt about his parents turning old broken dishwashers into compost bins and we got thinking what else could be done with them.
Chez has just emailed to offer some further dishwasher recycling suggestions:
We recently bought a new dishwasher and the old one (which has served […]
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Recycling records into fun household items
I’ve been thinking a lot about old vinyl records recently because of Renee’s great idea of using them as a canvas for art and because of Kimberly’s suggestion to poke holes in one to hold earrings - I think I’m going to combine the two ideas to make a cool jewellery display unit.
Anyway, thinking about […]
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle baby milk measuring scoops/spoons?
We’ve had an email from Jenni:
I have loads of little plastic SMA baby milk spoons from when my first child was a baby. I have now started making up bottles for my second child and realise the house will be full by the time we move on to cows milk. I can’t bring […]
2 Comments » - Posted in baby, household, items, kitchen, packaging by louisa
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Reusing wood-based cat litter as heating fuel?
We’ve covered wood-based cat litter before but we’ve had a rather unusual email from Simon and I thought it was worth returning to the topic:
I’m e-mailing from an independent animal sanctuary in Northern Ireland.
We have about 100 cats here all using wood chip litter and would probably skip at least 100 litres a week. Do […]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
How can I reuse or recycle lip balm tubes?
We’ve had another email from our good friend Am (aka Delusion):
Me again, just wondering how can I recycle / reuse empty lipbalm tubes? I use the twisty lipbalm sticks and admit I use them a lot. I have a stash of small tubes with their lid casings and no ideas on how to […]
