These 'Recylce Your Christmas Cards here' bins

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Armchair

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 205
Location: Winchester

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 6:51 pm Post subject: These 'Recylce Your Christmas Cards here' bins
Every supermarket seems to have them. Am I missing a trick or can you not just put your cards in you normal recycling bin/box?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45707
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 6:52 pm Post subject:
Maybe they send them to Father Christmas, something for the elves to do in the off season?

hamster

Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Posts: 448
Location: Wokingham (Berks.), UK

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 6:57 pm Post subject:
They've had them for ages, though. I think they're a hangover from before the days of recycling collections.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35089
Location: Devon

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 7:01 pm Post subject:
Yes. I think so. I recycle mine next year by making them into gift tags.

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 7:03 pm Post subject:
I try not to buy them in the first place. This year I bought one Xmas card - for my Mum - otherwise she'd get the hump.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 7:04 pm Post subject:

boisdevie1 wrote:

I try not to buy them in the first place. This year I bought one Xmas card - for my Mum - otherwise she'd get the hump.

But these are for the ones you receive not send.

Marionb

Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 5267
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 7:17 pm Post subject:
I just realised I've got a bag of card to take to the recycling depot - never thought of putting my Xmas cards in there though, I took them to work to put in the recycling box they've got there for cards...

gnasher

Joined: 15 Feb 2007
Posts: 332
Location: Dorset

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 7:48 pm Post subject:
I think they raise money for 'charidy great mate' by reprocessing them into new things - don't know what though.

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 7:59 pm Post subject:
I think gnashers right and they are made into new christmas things. I cut mine into gift tags or save them for my daughter to use in crafts

Armchair

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 205
Location: Winchester

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 08 8:10 pm Post subject:

gnasher wrote:

I think they raise money for 'charidy great mate' by reprocessing them into new things - don't know what though.

Recycled paper?

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 08 12:51 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Yes. I think so. I recycle mine next year by making them into gift tags.

Gift tags? It's a viscious circle.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35089
Location: Devon

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 08 7:22 am Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

Jamanda wrote:

Yes. I think so. I recycle mine next year by making them into gift tags.

Gift tags? It's a viscious circle.

Why? People send me the cards. I may as well use them again.

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 08 10:00 am Post subject:
Mine get split in the middle and I use the blank sided bits for postcards, rest on to the compost heap.

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