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Do you have something to reuse or recycle but you just don’t know what to do with it? AND we haven’t had the decency to feature said thing on “How can I recycle this?” yet? Gosh, we’re terrible, aren’t we?
You can either leave a message in the comments section below or send us an email if you have any ideas. You can include a picture too if you’ve got one to hand. We’ll give you a thank you nod when we make the post and you’ll, hopefully, get lots of ideas about what to do with your item.
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Have you reused or recycled something in an interesting, clever or creative way and want to show it off, but can’t wait until we get around to featuring that item? Just tell us what you did and send a photo if you can, and we’ll add it to our forthcoming “Clever Ideas” category.
Email your ideas to: clever@recyclethis.co.uk
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Do you want to make something using recycled material but don’t know what would be best – or most fun – to use? Drop us a line and we’ll post it on the site to see if anyone else can help you. It’s like regular Recycle This in reverse! How kooky!
(Examples of this sort of thing so far: how can we make a sturdy bookshelf out of old junk? how can we make fun Halloween outfits from household waste?)
Email your suggestions to: reversethis@recyclethis.co.uk
EVEN NEWER STILL!
While it’s important to reuse and recycle, it’s more important to reduce consumption/creation of waste in the first place – but it’s sometimes hard to get in the habit of cutting back, particularly cutting back things that seem essential to modern life. Our new weekly ‘Reduce This’ feature kicks around ideas on how to cut back on stuff without feeling the burn.
Got something you’d like to cut back on but don’t know how best to do it? Let Recycle This’ awesome readers help you out :)
Email your questions to: reduce@recyclethis.co.uk
Just saw some fantastic mobiles made at our look art gallery by kids using cds, the clear ones would be even better.
Any ideas for recycling use glow sticks?
The type you might get at raves and festivals with the non-toxic chemicals that create a reaction when the stick is ’snapped’.
*high five*
Heya does anyone know of any Recycling shop websites? I really need new furniture but i want to see if i can recycle while getting it.
hi, you can visit http://www.freecycle.org
there is all sorts of things on there.
take a look you might find what your looking for .
How about a Recycling things into energy saving things? For example, I use leftover cheapo clingfilm as secondary glazing on all single-glazed windows in winter – stick it round the edges with no gaps and hairdry it to make it pull tight and go ‘invisible’. Also, the shiny silver insides of food packaging (cleaned) can be stuck on a piece of cardboard to be used as a radiator reflector panel. Living in a house that loses heat like a sieve (no cavity walls *shakes fist at builders* ) I would love to hear more ideas from all the imagianitive people out there :)
Thanks!
How can I recycle the little foil tins that mince pies and jam tarts come in??? I have a large stack this year and I just know they must have some amazing crafty type useage.
Merry Christmas
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What about putting them around fairy lights as reflectors? Small hole in middle for the bulb.
Use them to make mince pies and jam tarts….?
How can I decontaminate earth?
I live near an occupied social center, people volunteer to do projects and teach others to live sustainably. We’ve made a compost bin, hoping that we could use it for a garden but the terrain was a textile-chemicals factory. Its green and there are trees but we can’t start with a contaminated earth.
I’ve heard that there are plants that clean toxines. What are they? How do they clean, can I compost them afterwards?
Which fungi, bacteria, and/or plants to use depends on the kind of contamination/s you have. Whether you can compost the plants afterwards depends on whether the toxics are only absorbed or transformed into something harmless.
The process is called bioremediation.
Wishing you the best of luck!
PS
I suggest you have your soil analysed first, so you know exactly what kind of toxics you have to deal with (some plants/bacteria/fungi are “specialized” in certain kinds). The “comune” should be able to help you with whom to turn with your soil samples.
Sezgi, here is a link to a wikipedia article that lists plants that are good to clean the air.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air-filtering_plants
Also, there is a youtube video ” 6 ways mushrooms can save the world ” of Paul Stamets that talks about using mushrooms to clean toxins from the soil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BelfLIJErek
I think you should create raised beds and bring in new soil.
How can I recycle old badges? plastic and metal.
How can I reuse or recycle those cheap, tiny plastic toys that come in Christmas crackers, snack packets and the like, please? These are mostly just brittle, non-recyclable plastic ’shapes’, not like the playable and durable fast food premiums. I don’t buy them, but what do I do with the bunch I’ve acquired over the years at parties and such? Even if I try to reduce by not accepting them, they would have been purchased, and would be given out to others anyway, even if I decline.
Thank you in advance!
How about ribbons? I always nab ribbon from shop bought cake and the slightly more upmarket clothes tags thinking ‘That’ll come in handy’ but I never seem to find a use for it – especially ones with brand names written across them. Thanks!
I use them all the time in my jewellery and just been handed a nice gift by a friend of all the lovely ribbon from her clothes, used by shops for hanging clothes but we all hardly use them at home. I roll them with wire and then coils them or recently I have used them to wrap around combs when making fascinators http://www.flickr.com/photos/abscraft/3384971582 with wire used to hold toys in place and flowers made from toothpaste tubes.
The thin ribbons used to keep clothes on hangers, you know the ones that always show if you leave them in . They make great gift labels along with old birthday cards.
My garbage disposal has chewed its last meal. It’s rusty bottom leaks more water than the titanic, leaving the sink unusable. For the past few procrastinating months I ignored it with a removable catch bucket under the drips. I have been defeated, hubby says its time to say goodbye. What could I possibly do with the old disposal besides a chuck in the landfill?