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to achieve true sustainable living we must not only learn to recycle but also understand that almost everything can be reused in some productive way (if only as a lovely piece of peusdo-industrial art). this site is dedicated to finding and sharing ways to reuse the things that would usually be doomed to the bin.
this is a community blog, to be used and added to by others. knowledge not shared is wasted if there is to be positive change in the way humankind interacts with the environment, so please feel free and compelled to email through your ideas to dowhatwith@gmail.com and they will be added to the site asap.
much love 
oh and get involved in freecycling, its lots of fun — http://www.freecycle.net/
Don’t they just look so useful! I used to have stacks saved in my cupboard, but there are much better uses:
Veggie Seedling Raiser – punch a hole or two in the bottom of each cuplet then fill most of the way with some seed raising soil and pop a seed or two in each. Place in a reasonably sunny position and water with a spray bottle making sure they don’t dry out. When they have become little seedlings you can easily cut each one out and plant! Veggies! Yum!!
Stationary Organiser – Put in drawer to hold all the fiddly little things like clips, tacks and bits.
Sound Insulation (for the egg lover or those with very large families) – line the whole room with the bases for effective (not guaranteed) insulation from drums, bass and bugle.
Donate – to friends with chickens or local community farms/gardens
Ice Cube Trays – have not tried this yet, but might be good to have for knocks and bruises if no ice-packs around (don’t suggest using in drinks, will get back to you on this though!)
In this age of twitter and post-paid government mail it may be rare that you recieve a letter with a little stamp on it. But if you do, and like me you’ve filled a few to many tins with old stamps never to see the light again in the vain hope they will suddenly become worth thousands, perhaps a better use would be something like this:
(from Stonnington Leader)
Malvern fundraiser puts her stamp on the cause
AS worthy fundraisers go, this one is rubbish, says Rotarian Carrol Farmer.
“For the past 19 years, Rotary District 9810 has been collecting used postage stamps to raise funds for various good causes,” she said.
The causes have included occular implants to restore the sight of 200 Nepalese, 100 wheelchairs for children with disabilities in Asia, enough fine netting to protect an entire Papua New Guinean village from malaria-bearing mosquitos, and $5000 to supplement children’s nutrition in Darfur.
“To date, we have raised over $50,000 (with) no overheads. The money goes straight to Rotary (projects),” Mrs Farmer said.
Now she is looking for donations of “any envelope bearing a stamp, to help us help others”.
The stamps are on-sold to philatelists. Foreign and high-value stamps bring the best return, but even common stamps earn $3 a kilo, she said.
“It’s not hard, half an envelope will do, and all waste paper is recycled. We are not asking for dollars, just your rubbish,” she said.
To donate used stamps, phone Mrs Farmer on 9500 0140 or email ericfarmer@bigpond.com
