Recycle ALL the things
Recycle ALL the things
We’ve started off with recycling plastic via Precious Plastic Munich, but there are so many more things to recyle. Maybe we can build up infrastructure for other stuff as well.
Brainstorming
Candle wax
Christmas is barely over, and there at least from our “Adventskranz” candles, there is quite some left over wax with no more wick to burn it. So why not collect it to make some new candles.
- Would be great to make “Teelichter”, because they seem to be the most commonly used (are they?) but might be harder to make
- there are probably ways to make them somewhat conventiently yourself, make round stock, drill/melt a hole, slice, and use new wicks (e.g. https://www.bienesto.de/produkte/teelichtdocht/)
- Candles for graves?
Lithium batteries
Old/broken laptop, power tool, ebike, escooter, … batteries can be taken apart for cells, usually only one of an entire pack is broken, still making the entire pack useless
- donate to something meaningful like Energy for Ukraine
- build powerbanks ourself
- Also add single-use vapes to that list potentially?
Other electronics hardware
- Donate to ComputerTruhe or similar organizations
- If completely broken use for some kinds of take-apart-athon
Related ideas
- Too-good-to-go for “all” things but in good? -> Mastodon suggestion by @LittleJoeMuc