Old News

Love getting the Sunday paper and looking for some creative ways to re-use all of that old news?

Apartment Therapy has featured a list of 20 household uses for old papers, from warming up your house to cleaning your fridge and even a way to entertain people at a party! For all twenty ideas, check out their post here.

-CN

Comments

[Joan Porter]

Make seed pots by cutting newspapers into strips, dipping the strips in liquid cornstarch and wrapping them over a small container like a jar, inverted glass, etc to dry. Remove the dried seed pot, fill with potting soil (I use coffee grounds and tea leaves). When your seeds are ready for transplant set them in the ground, pot and soil and watch the grow.

[ml]

I have heard that rolling newspapers into logs for a fireplace is not recommended as it can cause excessive creosote build-up in the chimney.

[Georgann]

I thought the best thing to do with old newspaper is to recycle it.

[Vicki Zacharewicz]

Who knew?! Thanks for the excellent ideas. This site is now bookmarked!

[Pamela]

By the way, using in compost or in place of other items that you would buy is "recycling" :)

[Kim Schreiber]

One other that I use. Cut newspaper into strips about 2 inches or so wide. Put a stripe of water soluble glue(Elmers, etc) on the paper and adhere small seeds that are normally hard to spread, like carrot, without wasteing a ton of them and having them come up all over the place. Place in the garden and cover with soil. I do this inside a few weeks before I'm ready to put them outside and it works great.