Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle chunky Lego bricks?

By: susan

susan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:18:21 +0000

you could sell them to me if these are the huge legos with the largest measuring 1.5 x 5

By: Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:57:24 +0000

These along with other toys can be taken to your local hospital for the kids wards, A+E waiting rooms,etc, surprising how distracting toys and books can be for kids when they are ill and waiting to be seen by the Doctor!

By: Gulia

Gulia — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:11:33 +0000

If they are big enough, make flower bed borders with them.

By: Barb

Barb — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:38:25 +0000

You can sell them at http://www.bricklink.com/. It’s like Ebay for the Lego world. Surprisingly there is a market for Duplo and Quatro bricks.

By: Mirthful

Mirthful — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:33:07 +0000

Donate them to someone who needs lego. Surely they are more useful as toys than anything else and expending energy trying to make them into something else is slightly pointless and less environmentally friendly than letting them fulfil their original purpose.

(Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for recycling, but not if the object is usable and wanted the way it is.)

By: trish

trish — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:29:06 +0000

Donating them to a shelter or thrift store would be a good idea.

I wonder if you could melt them and make them into art of some kind.

Use them instead of rocks at the bottom of pots to help with water irrigation.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:40:55 +0000

Hey textured wall coverings are all the rage these days. Plaster those suckers to the wall or make a room divider from them!

Ok, maybe just donating them to families who still have children who need toys would be more practical. Legos last forever. :)

By: Delusion

Delusion — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:12:15 +0000

Use the large bricks, build a “square” around ugly looking plant pots outside to give them a colour look!

If you have loads…and a dog… build a dog house, after all they are waterproof! :p

By: tricia

tricia — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:46:03 +0000

instead of getting rid of lego – collect more and build yourself full sized furniture with it!!

here’s an example:
http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/desk.html
(of course – if you make it at home and don’t ship it, i don’t think gluing it would be necessary)