Comments on: Reusing instead of recycling

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:52:30 +0000

@julie: Hi Julie, ours are from Onya Bags HTH

By: julie

julie — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:56:53 +0000

Hi, love your ideas, where can you buy the wrap mat for sandwhiches?. I have to make 5 lots of sandwhiches every day, and am fed up with sandwhich bags. Thanks, Julie.

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:30:59 +0000

@Joddle: bamboo is interesting; I guess it has its own antibacterial properties? Let us know how long it lasts and I suppose you compost it after several uses?

By: Joddle

Joddle — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:13:15 +0000

Reuse is the best. I got a bamboo straw recently (to take with me when I’m out for drinks). Actually, a straw isn’t a necessity of life but I thought it may help me cut down on plastics

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:49:01 +0000

@Kris: Thanks Kris; let me know how you get on with the container! Some stores are ok with it, others refuse on ‘health and safety’ grounds

@Joe: I agree Joe - I’ve seen lots of things at the household recycling centre destined for landfill that seem perfectly good. It’s very sad that we no longer value repairing items…

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:45:17 +0000

I was taking surveys at Household Waste Recycling Centres 2 weeks ago (see my blog). The amount of good stuff (worked/ in need of minor repair) probably made up most of the ‘waste’!

I always try to reuse plastic bags at the shops, I don’t really buy much stuff - I get books from the local charity shop - that’s reuse!

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:36:29 +0000

I love your #6 idea! I never thought to bring my own container to have deli meat added to. I’m going to have to plan on doing that next time Husband needs some. I also use silicone muffin moulds..totally forgot about that.

Great list! love the idea of using a fountain pen.

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:21:33 +0000

thanks lovely one. Disposable biros really get to me and I used to work in an office so know first hand just how many are wasted, how many ‘walk away’ from desks, get lost, get forgotten. Writing with a fountain pen really slows you down and makes you think otherwise all your writing gets smudged!
The yogurt maker is great for making something as pure as you like. I eat cows milk yogurt, but I notice that a lot of soy yogurt contains all sorts of nasty additives…

By: Small Footprints

Small Footprints — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:38:23 +0000

Wowee … The Green Family is doing a fabulous job of reusing. Thank you for all the great ideas. I especially like the fountain pen idea … it’s such a small thing but landfills are just full of disposable pens. I also really like the yogurt maker … in the stores around here, it seems difficult to buy yogurt (especially soy yogurt) in large containers so … making it at home would be brilliant … one could also control exactly what goes in so it would be very healthy (an added bonus).

Thank you for sharing all of your “reuses”! And by the way … what a lovely couple you make! Nice to “see” you!