Where can I find bags of various sizes that: are spherical or ball-shaped when full of stuff are made of durable outdoor-hardy material and close with velcro or a drawstring or some other kid-safe closure mechanism Bonus: Bags of other useful shapes like kid furniture, that can be filled and closed You see, I want to make balls out of trash... [more inside]
posted by cross_impact on Nov 19, 2009 - 4 answers

I've had a lot of clothes over the years that I've hung on to, for no reason other than that I can't bear to throw them away. What do you do with your favorite clothes once they are too worn out to continue to function as clothing?
posted by seagull.apollo on Feb 12, 2009 - 23 answers

GlassJarFilter: Is a "single-service" container really only able to be used once? [more inside]
posted by fructose on Jan 6, 2009 - 13 answers

What should I do with several dozen old National Geographic magazines? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Sep 6, 2008 - 17 answers

We've got a fair number of cans of house paint left over from various projects. Is there some agency or organization that will take the paint and use it (as opposed to disposing of it in a landfill)? [more inside]
posted by richg on Jul 24, 2008 - 15 answers

What do you do with your old CF cards? [more inside]
posted by seawallrunner on Oct 11, 2007 - 15 answers

What's in the way of re-using, instead of recycling? [more inside]
posted by andifsohow on Aug 15, 2006 - 13 answers

Cleaning out the basement... What do I do with all these useless wires? [more inside]
posted by danblaker on Dec 14, 2005 - 11 answers

My google-fu is failing me on this. I'm getting a new computer and my dad wants my old beast of a Dell. I don't need to clean my hard drive to DOD-specs, but it does seem reasonable to do more than just delete my files. It's not busted, the Windows 98 is pretty beat up, but it's still usable. What's the sane minimum of clean-up before it leaves my house?
posted by desuetude on Mar 14, 2005 - 9 answers