What's the strangest thing you have decided to recycle?

Hmmmm...Not sure whether this can be said recycled. Every month we buy Corn Flakes cereals for our family which comes in big size hard board boxes. And we buy water cans every week. I made a toy for my son with those boxes and the lids of those cans. I just put two boxes together and bound it with a tape. Used those lids as wheels for that bus. He is enjoying this homemade toy so much.

That is an interesting question and one that will draw me back to see what others have said. I am not very imaginative in that way. I usually don't see the possible uses unless someone points it out to me.

As a native American, I recycle many things back into my crafts including teeth of animals, porcupine quills as well as may other things that would normally be thrown out. The Creator gave us things to work with and I believe that we should not be wasteful but reuse what we have so as to not overburden the landfills any more than we have already. We try to buy food that is in recyclable containers as much as possible for that purpose also.

When we tore down our garage we found a concrete riser that's about 4.5ft tall. Seeing we didn't know how to dispose of it as it came with the house and frankly didn't know that the garbage guys would take something that weighed that much. I fliped it upright and filled the bottom with rocks and sticks from the yard and the rest of the way with dirt and I planted some petunias in there and some vines that drape and it makes a cute planter. I also have seen folks cut out part of the seat in old kitchen chairs and use them as planters so I found one curbside and I will have my hubby cut me a hole for a pot and vola I will have a new planter and or lawn decoration.

I recycle xerox copies and make them into scratch paper. I don't think it's strange though. But that is what I recycle.

This isn't too strange of a recycling experience, but it is something out of the ordinary as far as furniture goes. I recently moved into a new apartment and bought a new tv as well. As far as tvs go its not too big, but it is not one of the newer flat screen ones, so it is a good sized and tall box. Well I was keeping the box just in case I had to end up returning the TV. It was right next to my front door for the longest time and it turned into a shelf to put my stuff on when exiting and entering my house. So I now use it for my keys, purse, etc. I am a college student so is not too worried about how well it really looks here, but it sure is practical. Maybe I will paint it black to make it match the rest of my furniture, lol.

I wash and reuse the plastic jars that mayonnaise and peanut butter come in - they make great air-tight canisters for various uses. I don't like keeping things like salt and baking soda/powder in the cardboard containers they come in, so I use these screw top containers for them - I label with a black permanent marker.

I recycle-or reuse-my guitar strings. There are pretty little metal balls on the end to hold them in place at the bridge and I cut those off and make jewelry out of them. The thinner e and b strings can be used to hang pictures, string beads on to organize them, and anywhere you need some kind of wire fastening. The thicker ones can be used to hang heavier things like tools. I even made an antenna out of a low E strings once and it worked nicely!