Comments on: Green Your Junk: 16 Creative Ways to Upcycle Before You Recycle

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:36:35 +0000

Love these suggestions – but I wouldn’t put bacon fat out for birds – the salt is extremely bad for them. I also wouldn’t put the oven on just to ‘age’ paper..
I upcycled a load of tee shirts by cutting them into strips (if you’re careful you can do it in a continuous spiral – just ignore the seams and carry on cutting) and crocheting them up into a huge chunky seat-cover. You could probably make a bag in the same manner.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:50 +0000

Cereal bags are mostly plastic now…if you line your baked good with this, you definitely will get some yummy toxins leeching into your food. Could be the ultimate in greenification–an earth with less humans is a healthier earth.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:23:58 +0000

Nobody sells a cardboard shredder! I need a shredder that can turn junk mail and packaging cardboard, even cloth and twigs and sticks, into mulch for my garden. I want to box the stuff, and use it in my urine collector, then mulch it into the garden along with the sawdust system I use now, but Alas! only paper shredders available! Wanna see a veggie garden really grow, use urine collection techniques from web, they really really work well!

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By: kc

kc — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:30:58 +0000

The wax bags from cereal? Got Kids? – I use them to cover the work spaces when painting , and gluing.
The boxes I save to make templates, and bookmarks, why buy chipboard when you get it free?

I make ( or remake) things with all the waste in my home, soda cans, plastic bottles, paper.

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By: Hayley

Hayley — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:48:49 +0000

Hi- -if you want reusable stuff, try parchment paper for baking and laying paper to dry on. It can be used time after time, and when it is done for these uses, can be used to cover the table when your child is doing something creative that involves dyes or paint or glue.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:16:50 +0000

Hey love some of these ideas you have displayed here, come visit our site upcycle.co.za for some of our ideas and submit any you have to us as well. We must share our ideas as every bit counts. What is today a raindrop tomorrow is a ocean !!

By: suzanne

suzanne — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:07:42 +0000

to upcycle my clothing, I post things I'm tired of on dignswap.com or rehash.com Basically you trade your clothing with folks across the country.I have found many gems this way. You can do the same with books, cds and dvds @ swaptree.com suzanne's last blog post..Tie Necklace a.k.a. The Sasscot from a teal vintage necktie and asian brocade buttons

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:56:49 +0000

I’ve just discovered garbage eating worms! ourvitalearth.com sells them, along with the Can O Worms. They eat anything from the earth, i.e. fruits, veggies, paper, egg shells (no other dairy or meat). The worm castings (translated: poop) makes a wonder soil that holds 3x it’s weight in water. Plus the urine is collected and makes a liquid fertilizer! I’ve asked for one for my birthday. My husband thinks I’m nuts but it sound so much better than an average composting bin. It kills me everytime I put veggie scraps into the trash.