Awesome reusing & recycling links from around the web
- Lynsey from SwirlyArts has been in touch to tell us about two of her recent reusing projects – turning a unwanted old diary into an expenses notebook and how to make pretty padded envelopes out of old books & bubblewrap, as an alternative to boring Jiffy bags.
- The Cottage Smallholder is having a reusing/recycling gardening competition this month – how are you reusing/recycling things to get ready for the next growing season?
- Speaking of getting organised, check out My Tiny Plot for a great idea for keeping up with seed sowing – it’s not strictly a reuse but it could be — an old floppy disk box/card file would be great for this.
- Mrs Green on My Zero Waste has written about a new initiative to recycle crisp packets in the UK.
- I really like the aesthetic of cardboard for home decor so love this idea of making wall art using toilet roll/kitchen roll tubes.
- Julie on Crafting a Green World has written a great round-up of baby projects made from old tshirts.
- And finally, make a feature wall at home a bit different – don’t use generic feature wall wallpaper, use old books (or music scores) instead. As a booklover, I don’t know if I could take apart a still-could-be-read book for such a purpose but it’s a great idea for books that are falling apart.
Thanks for mentioning the crisp packet recycling initiative. It’s something we feel passionate about as at least they can now be put to good use and will help to improve the lives of others. It might not be a perfect situation, shipping them abroad, but I feel it’s better than what we have now, which is to landfill or incinerate :)
Thanks :)