What do you do with your shredded paper? Do you recycle it? Compost it? Burn it?
Recycling or Reusing Lightly-used Paper Lunch Sacks
Who will take lightly used paper lunch sacks? I have a grocery bag stuffed full of lunch-sized paper sacks. The Meals on Wheels folks won't take them back. I've offered them twice on FreeCycle. No takers. I'm looking for better ideas.
We use paper towels in our house. I really don't like using a germy towel, so I buy recycled towels and if people only use the paper towel to dry their washed, clean hands off, we put them in a pretty little basket.
Print On The Back Side Of Paper
Instead of throwing away copy paper that has been run through the printer or copier, I have started to save them. Place the used paper in a file folder or appropriate sized box to keep the corners flat and paper unwrinkled.
I use paper grocery bags for my recycling, I put them in the corner in my kitchen and they collect paper, newspaper, cans, and plastics. When the bag is full I just throw it out into my large recycling container in the garage and open a new bag in the kitchen!
Uses for Last Years School Papers
After every year, I have a stack of papers from school. It seems such a waste to throw it away, and I don't keep them for future reference. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do with them?
Ideas for School Children to Recycle their Paper
I am looking for ideas to recycle to paper produced by my children's school. They produce a lot of paper, but our recycling depot is overfull and doesn't want any more paper. We need to come up with an environmentally friendly way of recycling
Donate Shredded Paper To Animal Shelters
We have a local pet shelter here that likes the community to donate shredded paper for the animals. They have may uses for the shredded papers. I have a large paper shredder which I use to get rid of junk mail and anything else I don't want to go into the trash whole.
Take all junk mail directly to the recycle bin. Saves you time and mess. Also put any catalogs or magazines which you no longer want in the recycle bin as well.
What can I do with old magazines?
What can you do with magazines besides crafts? I don't do arts and crafts. Can they be donated to any organizations? Shame to throw them away. Some I don't even get a chance to read.
I keep gift bags from all of the holiday parties, etc. and reuse them. I also keep gifts that I don't really like and recycle them, other people like things that I don't!
Using Mail in Cards from Magazines
The first thing I do upon receiving my AARP magazine is tear out those pesky mail-in reply cards that make the magazine difficult to handle, but before pitching them, I check for blanks. Since I do not regularly stock postcards, these are a handy substitute for business-related needs.
Does anyone have any good uses for recycling junk mail and paper? I would like to try making homemade paper and would like instructions.
Using Expired Coupons for Note Paper
Instead of buying pads of note papers, to use in your office or in a cute basket by the phone, in your kitchen, or in other areas of your home, where phones are, use the blank backs of non-used expired manufacturer's coupons...
A Guide to Recycling Metal, Paper, Plastics and Glass
Recycling is slightly more complicated than just collecting a bin full of empty cans and old newspapers to keep them out of the waste stream. Many of us don't know what the rules are for recycling certain items. November 15 is America Recycles Day. Here is a basic guide to the most common household recyclables.
I work at a restaurant that throws away all of their cardboard boxes. For a month or so I have been recycling the boxes for them because it annoys me that they throw them away. Does anyone have any cool uses for boxes?
Here's the 1999 Junk Mail Totals for our office . . .
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A Guide to Recycling Metal, Paper, Plastics and Glass
Recycling is slightly more complicated than just collecting a bin full of empty cans and old newspapers to keep them out of the waste stream. Many of us don't know what the rules are for recycling certain items. November 15 is America Recycles Day. Here is a basic guide to the most common household recyclables.
