Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle badges/pins?

By: luis chavez

luis chavez — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:32:08 +0000

please I just want to recycle a comersial walkin coolers.
or let me know where can I recycle this thanks u.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:48:05 +0000

the irony is I have seen tonnes of buttons for recycling and yet you CAN’T recycle or reuse them………..

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:47:26 +0000

the irony is I have seen tonnes of buttons for recycling and yet you can recycle or reuse them………..

By: Glenys Everest

Glenys Everest — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:39:32 +0000

Stick a magnet on the back and make funky fridge magnets/decorations.
Stick 2 together back to back (with a ribbon between them), repeat as neccessary and make a mobile with some bits of wire ot lollypop sticks.

By: h.elizabeth

h.elizabeth — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:49:43 +0000

Depending on the size, you could use some of them in place of thumb tacks / push pins on a bulletin board or something. I’ve done that occasionally to brighten up my office.

By: Covert_Operations'78

Covert_Operations'78 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:16:53 +0000

Retro pins and badges are all the rage for ’80s parties these days, so offer them for a sum to your email and Facebook contacts (a safer way of selling things online) and watch them get snapped up within hours. My friends and I have sold many things that way — post pics of books, CDs, sports gear, memorabilia etc on FB and create a special “Facebook Yard Sale” album.

By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:33:07 +0000

They can’t really be recovered with another badge machine, but they *can* be recovered with polymer clay or paper, fabric, and decoupage glue. They make good bases for multimedia brooches as well, especially the larger ones.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:01:48 +0000

Could just stick a sticker over them.

Cloth badges are really cool – maybe try glueing fabric on and stitching the edges around the back?

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:18:19 +0000

The badge machine I uses lots of force to push the two parts of the badge together – the back and the front. I have made mistakes before (with the image etc) and tried to get them apart to fix the problem and it can be done but you will ruin one side of the badge (normally the back). So unless you have lots of spare back bits it probably won’t be worth it to try and re – cover them. I’m speaking from the experience of a hobby badge machine though and not a professional one – you may get a different result with a proper machine!