Next up in How Can I Recycle This’s Stationery Week theme, we’ve had an email from Agata:
Hi there! I’m still in High School and we use loads and loads of photocopies, mostly black&white.
I want to use them in some crafty way, like jewellery or house ornaments & decos, not just put them in paper savings bin.
Any ideas?
We’ve kinda already covered this before but because Agata wants crafty ideas, I thought I’d post it again to spark that sort of thing.
In the previous comments, ott suggestions papier mache, carrie “hobo notebooks” and Estelle gets her printshop to make stronger bound ones for her. I’ve also made beads from scrap paper in the past - I’ve used coloured paper but I bet the monotone print could make quite interesting beads too.
Any other crafty suggestions?
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Other stationery items
- How can I make a notebook out of recycled materials?
- How can I reuse or recycle used envelopes?
- How can I reuse or recycle the spiral of a spiral bound notebook?
- How can I reuse or recycle hanging files?
- How can I reuse or recycle glue stick tubes?
- How can I reuse or recycle printer cartridges?







Dan @ EnviroGadget.com
November 19th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
My Mum shreads the paper and uses it as gift packing paper for presents.
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Bobbie
November 19th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Shredded paper also makes good worm bed material, plus high quality compost in the end. He he, get it???
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shawna
November 20th, 2008 at 8:55 am
picture frames like this one:
http://www.outblush.com/women/life/photos-keepsakes/recycled-magazine-picture-frame/
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