How can I reuse or recycle chalk?
Last week, the incredibly eloquent “matheus” left a question in the comment section on our of our posts:
how the f*ck do i recycle chalk?
As someone with a penchant for using 100 words when three will do, I like his succinctness.
So suggestions?
(Photo by Zela)
not exactly a recycle but for a crafty use, it can be broken up and added to wax to colour candles
I hear it will prevent silver from tarnishing.
I was catching up on my feeds and the next one after this one had this post.
http://feeds.b5media.com/b5media/SimplyThrifty many uses of chalk about 1/2 way down the page.
Chalk works well to deter ants from marching all over your house in the spring. Draw a heavy chalk line around the perimeter of a room or cabinets, wherever they are entering the room, they don’t like to cross it. It’s non-toxic and easy to clean up when not needed anymore.
Using a fine cheese grater make it into powder, keeping the colours separate. “Draw” a design on a piece of paper or card with glue, and sprinkle the different colours on to the glue, blowing away the excess.
Bring them to a lower income area during the summer months and let the children draw up a storm.
You could burn it, slake it, and then make plaster or stucco :)
give it to a local school or kids club
Is a CHALK can be recycled & WHAT is the procedure ?
Powder it, put it in a bag with some salt, shake it like a polaroid picture, and then you’ve got colored sand.