OT use for shredded?

Over here I believe it is used in dog rescue places? I don't think cats would be impressed! and rabbits would try to eat it. You could ask at a nearby stables, but it would probably not be any good generally: might be usable for a foal? . In message , Polly Esther writes

Works great a mulch in flowerbeds.

Kate T. South Mississippi

My club produces a "lucky dip box" every Christmas for the kids at the women's shelter. You need a HUGE box from the appliance store. You need lots of little things suitable for children -ours like fancy pencils, little puzzles, keychain and cell phone danglies, cute erasers, bubble mix, little cars. Nothing expensive, and count on 3-5 items per child. Plus wrapped candy. Wrap all the gifts in bright paper, no ribbon needed. toss everything into the box, along with enough shredded paper to fill it, and mix well. Cover the box with gift paper too. The kids love rummaging for treasures.

Otherwise, I'd just take bags of shreds to the paper recycl>We are so concerned and prayerful for our Australian dear friends that it's

Here in Suffolk UK shredded paper goes in the 'brown bin' along with garden rubbish and household food waste. It is recycled into compost for the garden/farms. Suffolk has a new state of the art recycling centre and we can even put things like chicken bones into that bin. Much better than landfill.

Katy our 'new kitten' was rescued from a recycl> Over here I believe it is used in dog rescue places?

Now that is recycling of the highest order! Polly

"Sally Swindells" Here in Suffolk UK shredded paper goes in the 'brown bin' along with

If the US is not recycling paper/plastics/metals from general household populations - there is a problem! Of course, you could hijack a Canadian tourist and pack all your recyclables in their trunk for shipping across the border......jennellh

Mine all gets dumped into the recycling bin that is in my craft room and then when full, it hits the curb. There are times though that I need to ship a package to Holland and it comes in nice and handy for cushioning the breakables.

Cindy from GA

?I save my WalMart bags for padding inside shipping boxes. When I send caramels to Pat on her green she gets as excited about the bags as she does for the caramels! ;-) She uses the bags for cleaning out her kitties' litter boxes- a little Trans-Atlantic recycling going on!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Mine all gets dumped into the recycling bin that is in my craft room and then when full, it hits the curb. There are times though that I need to ship a package to Holland and it comes in nice and handy for cushioning the breakables.

Cindy from GA

Not *quite equal excitement, Leslie dear! . In message , Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes

I have a back yard compost bin & the shredded paper goes in there & comes out in the spring as lovely brown stuff & ends up in the garden beds.

Nana

Polly, We had tons of shredded paper from the office that we used to donate to the local pet store for the puppies, they were very appreciative. I have also given some to the local pet shelter. amy in SoCal

O if only here in West Cheshire & Chester only garden waste in brown bins.

Banned from putting from shredded paper in recycling bin,

( Go's to landfill as it jams the sorting machines !!! )

Kitchen waste contaminates the compost !!!

One day this council will emerge from the dark ages

Best wishs from Mike A ' that man & her in Chester UK '

Howdy!

Of course the U.S. is recycling, all over the country. Not everyone is hooked up to a program, not every town has made the commitment, but many have, and we are recycling. Each week we have 2 "tall kitchen" garbage bags of trash, 3 or 4 tubs full of recyclable stuff, and a pail or two of compost for the garden pile.

Shredded paper goes in the compost pile, or maybe in a hole/low spot in the yard, covered by dirt. This does not include "window envelopes", which contain that small slice of plastic; no cardboard, just paper. (I've heard for decades that computers are going to save us lots of paper; still waiting for that to happen...). Most of our newspaper is recycled, but sometimes I layer some in a garden bed, help keep out the weeds; it composts and disappears.

One of the biggest problems the U.S. has w/ recycling is that People Don't. Lazy neighbors *could* recycle (tubs are free, pick-up is included in the water/sewer/trash-pick-up bill), but they don't.

Today I'm recycling some of this fabric I got at The Dig last week; a local drapery shop invites the quilters to come and dig thru' the leftover scraps; there's some really cool fabric in there... here. ;-D

R/Sandy - using tote bags instead of plastic, trying to shrink the amount of trash we bring in ...

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:23:00 -0600, Sandy E wrote (in article ):

It really bothers me when people who could recycle don't. Our town only offers pick up at single family homes and businesses. So our 6-flat building doesn't get pick up. We have to take it to the center ourself which becomes quite a chore as we don't have space to actually store anything between trips.

Maureen

I do not apologize for it, but I do not personally do recycling. HOWEVER, there are a lot of people who go down the alleys, sort through the trash cans, and take everything they can sell to the recyclers in the area. So -- I have sacks of aluminum cans, sacks of glass, and sacks of newspapers, and I figure that so long as there are people who pick through the trash because they need the money they get, that's what I'm going to do. And, our local fire department collects soda and beer cans, and at every station has a giant bin just for that. They watch the aluminum market, and when they have a lot saved up and the market is up, they sell all those cans, and use the proceeds for materials they use for fire safety education in the local elementary schools, both public and private, and I really like that!

I hadn't realised how lucky we are. Every house in our county has three wheelie bins - one for landfill rubbish, one for general recycling and one for garden/food waste. There is a weekly collection - one week landfill and the next the other two. Refuse not in the proper bin is not collected. Glass is not collected separately but should be taken to collection points at local shopping centres, community halls, etc.(lots of collection points conveniently placed). Big things like fridges can be collected, but there is a charge and they have to go to a council yard. At Christmas time etc, when the days will be changed we are told in advance, and the refuse men work extra hours to catch up. If you have stuff you want to get rid of yourself - if you have cut a tree down or if you have had a big clear-out and have too much stuff to go in a bin, there is a refuse yard about three miles away we can take stuff to.

The rest of the country have a similar service, though some have different coloured bags instead of bins, so rubbish - no hassle.

It is all paid for from the m> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:23:00 -0600, Sandy E wrote