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Creative ideas for reusing and recycling random stuff
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How can I reuse or recycle margarine tub lids/cream cheese tub lids?
Whitney has emailed us, asking about margarine tub lids: i’m trying to do my part and make sure that i recycle everything that i can, or at least find a way to reuse it. i recycle my #5 containers of cream cheese, margarine, etc, but have nothing to do with the lids, which even if [...]
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Listed buildings & green issues: what are your thoughts?
(This isn’t strictly a recycling issue but I was thinking about it the other day and I’d love to hear your thoughts on the matter!) A few miles down the road from me is a village called Saltaire. It is a Victorian model village founded by a local mill owner (Sir Titus Salt) so his [...]
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How can I reuse/use up really, really old coffee beans?
I mentioned in passing on my simple/frugal living blog that we’re having our kitchen ceiling replastered at the moment. Ahead of the plasterer starting on Monday, we had to tidy off all the work surfaces and tops of cupboards – quite a challenge for hoarders like us with many, many culinary hobbies! Anyway, among our [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle plastic handicap car parking tags?
Ages and ages ago on the Suggest An Item page, Carolyn asked about reusing handicap parking tags – but I missed it until Raynor recently comment last week. Sorry – not sure how it slipped by me! Anyway, better late than never, Carolyn asked: Every two years my husband’s blue handicap tags for the vehicles [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle leftover chips?
Mari has emailed asking about leftover chips – as in English chips eaten hot, thick fries not potato chips/crisps – saying her family nearly always have “eyes bigger than their bellies” when they order fish’n'chips and end up with some leftovers: Good thick chips not just tiny hard scraps. It’s such a waste. Can anything [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle an old toaster oven?
Joel has an old toaster oven and would like ideas on how he can reuse or recycle it: My wife just bought a new toaster oven. The previous one had problems in her eyes, because the spring-loaded door didn’t work as smoothly as when new, and the unit, after three years, had a couple unsightliness [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle an old cast iron casserole dish/pan?
Good friend (and bully ;) ) of Recycle This and The Really Good Life Su has emailed with a question: Me again! With an actual, proper reuse question! My much used enamelled, cast iron casserole dish has died. Proper died, a large section of the enamel has come off the bottom & I dropped the [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle leached wood ash left over from lye making?
Bee has asked: What can I do with a lot of wood ash after it has been leached? I have a large firepit, and I plan on saving and leaching the ashes… but I’m very leery about tossing that much slag ash onto the compost heap. I’ve found lots of info about ashes before leaching, [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle water from a condenser dryer/air conditioner/dehumidifier?
We’ve had an email from Mark: What is the best way to recycle small quantities of hot water from a condenser tumble dryer? I know i could pour it down the toilet, put it on the garden etc, but what are the economical benefits of reusing this clean water. Can it be used (when cold) [...]
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How can I reuse, recycle or upcycle biscuit/cookie cutters?
(I still need more inspiration for green new year’s resolutions or green goals for 2012. I think I’m probably going to end up doing 12 small things – one a month – rather than one big thing over the year — and I need ideas! But for now, back to regular scheduled “how can I [...]
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What are your green goals for 2012?
I hope everyone has had a cracking start to 2012. I feel a bit bogged down catching up on everything leftover from 2011 but other than that, it’s been good! One of the things I’ve been struggling over all week has been my first Recycle This post of 2012. At this time of year, I [...]
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Don’t wait until Spring cleaning to declutter after Christmas
So much stuff comes into our houses in the last two months of the year – presents, new clothes for parties and all sorts of decorations & whatnot – and after such a busy period, it’s all to easy to tuck it all to the back of the cupboard to consider mañana. But now is [...]
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Recycled Christmas Decorations: our favourite ideas for 2011
Who wants generic shop-bought Christmas decorations when homemade ones are so much nicer, cheaper and better for the environment? ;) Our 2010 round-up of our favourite ideas for making upcycled/recycled Christmas decorations has been very popular this year and I hope it’s provided lots of people with lots of inspiration – but if you’ve still [...]
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How can I reuse Sunday roast/Christmas dinner leftovers?
Most food scraps are great for a compost heap – they tend to rot down quickly and can help keep a brown-heavy compost heap balanced, particularly in the winter when there is less fresh green matter around the garden. But care should be taken with cooked veg and the like – if it’s been cooked [...]
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5 fantastic things to do with old cutlery/silverware
Last week’s post about those little plastic spoons you get with children’s medicine reminded me of all the great things you can do with old metal cutlery – not the finest family silver necessarily but the stuff that manages to find its way into your cutlery drawer (or conversely – the remains that are left [...]
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Impact of advertising on Recycle This – and my promises to you
Recycle This turns six in April 2012 and from day one, it has included advertising. I started the site when I was in the process of quitting my job for a “career break”, which turned into self-employment. The idea was that I’d have advertising on the site for as long as I needed the money [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle the plastic spoons that come with children’s medicines/cough syrup?
Tabitha has asked: How can I recycle the plastic spoons you get in children’s medicine bottles? Thanks ;oD A great question! I can’t take tablets so have to take liquid medicine instead – and as a result, I end up with lots of these little suckers. There is no way to reject them really – [...]
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Book review: Garden Eco-Chic by Matthew Levesque
A few weeks ago, I was sent a couple of gardening books by Timber Press to review here and on The Really Good Life. This is the first one – Garden Eco-Chic by Matthew Levesque. The subtitle of this book is “reusing found objects to create decks, paths, containers, lanterns and more”, so it’s quite [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle novelty Christmas jumpers?
I got this email from Edie a few weeks ago but I thought I’d keep it until people were thinking a little more festive-ly — I hope it’s not too late for Edie now though! I love silly Christmas jumpers but not to wear, god, not to wear! I’m thinking of getting some to make [...]
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How can I reuse or recycle baby cot mattresses?
We’ve had an email from Maggie: I’m due to have my second baby in January but everyone has screamed at me when I mentioned reusing the cot so I’m going to get a new mattress. What can I do with the old one? I don’t have kids so I’m not exactly knowledge but from what [...]
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