Recyclopedia helps you find information on how to correctly dispose of unwanted items and materials. Please select the item or material you want to dispose of below. We'll tell you whether it can go out with the trash, in your recycling, to a charity, or if it needs special attention.
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Or cut them into rectangles, sew on a fabric border and have unique place mats.
They can store potatoes.
Build a house with them! Yes! They can be filled with dirt and then laid like sandbags and rendered over. Look up “earth bag building” for more info
They make great biodegradable weed mats. just place them over your weeds/grass and cover with mulch. eventually they break down but by that time all the weed seeds have died.
Pack them as tightly as possible with plastic grocery bags, sew them closed, draw a bulls eye on them, and use them for targets for bow & arrows.
Turn them into cushions and pillows for outside seating.
Use as a beach bag.
If you can't use them, maybe someone else can. List them on a material waste exchange so others know they are available.
If you're someone who would take them as they become available, get listed as a solution provider on Recyclopedia - so you can keep getting a supply of them.
Each community has it's own Recyclopedia section. Please type an address or move the red pin to set your location and we'll find your community - or choose your community from the list below the map.