You know – the foam pieces, bubble wrap, "quavers" etc. that companies insist on using to send you things in the post?
I use them to help fill landfills.
Has anyone come up with a genuinely useful way to re-use/recycle the various types of parcel packaging?
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My local mailing service accepts them for re-use. I think UPS does as well.
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I use them to help fill landfills.
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Cereal boxes – I cut the big sides off and use for writing messages at home with marker pen, with reminders, and also for writing shopping lists. I also use the inside packing for packing up sandwiches etc, I use it like greasproof paper, useful for storing things in the fridge too.
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brown paper and cardboard goes into my compost bin, bubble wrap i use to cover tender perennials during winter and emerging seedlings in the greenhouse during the spring, foam pieces and polystyrene i use to half fill patio plant pots and hanging baskets, this provides good drainage and i use less compost, it can be left in the pots year after year. hope this has been helpful.
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experienced re-cycler
I’ve been wondering the same thing. I suppose you could use the bubble wrap bit for protecting valuable things/delicate ornaments if you move away or if you wanted to give any of that or bric-a-brac to a charity shop, wrap it in that so it doesn’t break?
Or, if you’re an artist of any sort, reuse it by making something out of it/painting onto it!
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Easy, I keep them all and every so often I sell stuff on Ebay.
You can turn boxes inside out and use them to post it in packed with all that foamy stuff. Saves on postage!
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