Category Archives: Recycling

01
Aug

J.J.

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Use inside “plastic” bags from cereal packets to wrap left-over food instead of grease-proof paper. I use it to wrap my lunch and it keeps fresh. Just wipe and dry it each night.

01
Aug

P.S.

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Go though waste skips at building sites. A lot of excellent material get dumped, material that can usually be had for the price of asking.

01
Aug

P.S.

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Cars get abandoned from time to time. The get dumped any where: reserves, forests, anywhere at all. They are however a treasure-chest of nuts, bolts, screws, washers, clips, pins, hinges, handles, hoses, wire, belts. Springs and so on that can be used for house repairs or modifications rather than having to go cap-in-hand to the […]

01
Aug

D.M.

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I was helping my daughter with her stickers, and after I’d taken the stickers of, the plastic that the stickers were on, I cut around the shapes, and painted them with finger nail polish, and made a small hole with a needle, and hung them up on a small stick in the bathroom. Already my […]

30
Jul

D.M.

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I have a lot of soap pieces that I keep during the year. I render them down in an old pot, when it’s a bit cooler add petals from your garden, even pieces of orange peel, apple peel, lavender flowers, even use your old perfume. Use cookie cutters [$2 shop] stand on waxed paper, and […]

30
Jul

Canny Lass, Upper Hutt.

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To make strong “rubber” bands of varying sizes, cut used rubber gloves into strips. The cuffs make big bands and fingers make smaller ones, good for keeping pairs of knitting needles etc together.

30
Jul

Sandra, Dunedin.

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Don’t throw away that old multi-plug board. Chop the cord off it and hang it on the wall. Plug all your phone chargers into it. We tried this after numerous hunts for the right phone charger was becoming a daily event for different members of the family. Now they are labelled and found in one […]

30
Jul

M.E., Auckland.

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When using rubber gloves I usually find that the glove I use most (being right-handed) is the one that rips or splits. Splitting one this morning while cleaning my oven and not wanting to take a trip to get more, I turned one of the many left gloves I was reluctant to throw away inside […]

30
Jul

Jean S.

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If you have trouble tying cardboard for recycling use old tights. They are very strong and flexible. No need to purchase string. Also having trouble with twist ties, use plastic clothes pegs. Sometimes I think there are more pegs in my freezer than in the peg bag.