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alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 04 8:17 pm Post subject:
When people are recycling their cans do you squash them. In the summer we get a lot of bottles and cans here, and I was thinking of making a can squasher, but I felt sure somone here would already have simple instructions for one.

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 04 11:52 pm Post subject:
A large foot does the job adequately, or even a medium sized one.

mrutty

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1578

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 04 12:07 am Post subject:
Or a lump hammer

selfsufficientish

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 364
Location: Bristol

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 04 12:51 am Post subject:

Cab wrote:

jema wrote:

Cab wrote:

jema

I have lemon balm, mead and watermint to bottle. When I can be bothered. Some time before Christmas will do.

Do you have a recipe for mead? I love the stuff and have two empty brewing buckets in need of some something to ferment in them.

Also it seems that charity shops (apart from giving them bags) have been left off this thread. If I have junk to get rid of I give it away to a charity shop, in fact when I moved out of a shared house once there was so much stuff left in the cellar from previous tennants that we must have kept scope in stuff for the entire year

I have also heard that tetra pak stuff can be composted if you shread it first. Don't know if it does yet have to tell you in 6 months.

Oh and a I use wine bottles as candle holders.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 04 9:00 am Post subject:
There's a mead recipe here: https://www.learningindustries.com/nrk/recipes/index.asp?rid=15 there's also a methyglin recipe, and you can add your own recipes too.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 04 9:12 am Post subject:

selfsufficientish wrote:

Oh and a I use wine bottles as candle holders.

If we used all ours we'd end up with a candle shortage in this country.

Alison wrote:

I was thinking of making a can squasher, but I felt sure somone here would already have simple instructions for one.

I'm sure Blue Peter or something like that had plans for one. That would be ideal to have on this site. I'll have a look later.

alison
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 04 8:12 pm Post subject:

Sarah D wrote:

A large foot does the job adequately, or even a medium sized one.

I am talking of about 5 or 6 black sacks worth just for a summer weekend.

alison
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 04 8:13 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Alison wrote:

I was thinking of making a can squasher, but I felt sure somone here would already have simple instructions for one.

I'm sure Blue Peter or something like that had plans for one. That would be ideal to have on this site. I'll have a look later.

Thanks.

tinyclanger

Joined: 27 Dec 2004
Posts: 190
Location: in the kitchen, baking

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 04 2:00 pm Post subject:
Hi, try this link for instructions on how to make a can crusher... https://www.michaelholigan.com/departments/projects/CanCrusher.asp or if you want to buy a one try here https://www.cancrush.co.uk (scroll to the bottom of the page for the domestic model) Tiny

alison
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 05 5:22 pm Post subject:
Thenks for the link. We are looking for a strong version to crush food cans now, as we have done something for the drink ones. The food cans, or tins are a lot harder to crush.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jan 02, 05 12:21 pm Post subject:
I like Christmas paper recylcing. I don't think anyone would notice, but if OH saw me ironing, I think he would ask who I was and what I'd done with his girlfriend!

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