Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle cardboard beverage holders?

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:12:47 +0000

Hi Jane! I have been looking all week for a recipe for this pulp mixture that you can make from recycled beverage holders. i’m planning on doing a mask unit with my Third graders this fall and this would be a very cool alternative to paper mache.Any further info from your sister would be very, very appreciated.
A website…anything that would help me.
Many thanks!
mbcasazza@optonline.net

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:09:08 +0000

These are one of the only ways to hold avacados and not bruise them … other than that and the fire starters I’m out of ideas. They’re taken by the local recyclers out here.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:05:21 +0000

My sister used something like these holders and egg cartons to make papier mache pulp. I don’t know all the details but I think she soaked them in water and then added wallpaper paste to make the pulp suitable for modeling into various shapes. She made some fabulous vases that looked like they were ceramic.

By: Lucia

Lucia — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:55:33 +0000

Just a more funny way… make holes in the the two cup bases and paint the whole adding other things to make a carnival/halloween mask. Add a ribbon or a band to fix it to the head.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:10:29 +0000

If you have a large planter, try sticking them in the bottom, they’ll retain moisture and biodegrade after a while. It also keeps the pot from being too heavy and cuts down the expense of potting soil since you don’t have to use as much.

By: Monda

Monda — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:26:34 +0000

These actually make GREAT firestarters & you can do the same thing with a cardboard egg carton. Stuff the cups with dryer lint. When they are full, pour some leftover candle wax so it soaks into the lint. Works like a charm to start a fire!

By: Veronica

Veronica — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:56:39 +0000

I know if there was enough of them, those who are making an at home studio (radio,podcasts etc.) they do make good sound proofing.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:43:10 +0000

Well, for art activities they are great to hold cups of paint. This way the cups don’t get knocked over by eager artists. You could also flip it over and push knobs or other such things through the bottom for spray painting.

By: jitendra

jitendra — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:51:08 +0000

Hello!!

yes recycling is very important and very necessary today.Some useful pointers here.

By: Delusion

Delusion — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:17:49 +0000

We keep one in the glove compartment so if we go through a fast food drive thru, we ask them to give us the cups without a new holder and just put it in the spare we keep.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:34:37 +0000

If you have one to reuse, then that probably means you got it in order to use it for it’s intended use, so it is likely that you could use it for what it was made for again. Like reusable coffee mugs, a reusable coffee mug holder will bring you delicious coffee without the trash.

If it should fail with it’s cheap durability, consider investing in a long lasting plastic cup carrier instead of getting another paper one to tear.

In the meantime, it could be used as coasters on your fine coffeetable, or a carrier and platform for plant planters made from those paper coffee cups with the holes in the bottom.

If you go camping and need to start a fire, i bet these would make good kindling.

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:59:42 +0000

At an old job, we kept one around for the times when we needed one and didn’t have one. Often one of us would go down the street to get lunch. We brought the same beverage holder to carry the drinks. I don’t think they provided them there.