Using Shredded Paper
Very early this summer I picked up a paper shredder at a garage sale for $3. It has gotten a lot of use. I love how it helps cut down on the clutter. I open the mail right by the shredder. Junk mail is immediately shredded. Other mail is sorted into piles, and the envelopes and any inserts are shredded. No more piles of mail or overflowing trash cans.
Most of our shredded paper does end up in the compost pile, as I discussed previously in Paper in My Compost. We also have found other uses for the shredded paper. It has been used as mulch around plants in the garden. (Thanks for the tip Alexandra.) We use it for our rabbits' nest boxes, and will probably use it for their winter boxes also. It has been used as packing material when shipping books and other items. It is kind of messy to use as shipping material, but I recently read a great idea to help with that problem. Stuff the shredded paper into an old shopping bag. Tie the top of the bag and then use the stuffed bags for packing material.
Paper shredders are wonderful little items. They help you stay organized and recycle right in your home. There are many uses for that paper once it is shredded. I'd love to hear yours!
Links to more ideas for using shredded paper.
Pet Projects - these are mostly geared for rats and mice, but the ideas can carry over to other animals.
Make Scented Paper
A list of Ten ideas. - including one to use for a Halloween costume.
Or google "shredded paper crafts" and find lots of great ideas.
6 comments:
That is sooo weird, I was just thinking about paper pulp mulch, and here you have a post about it! Maybe not so weird, it's that time of year again...I'm starting to prepare the beds for winter with more mulch.
It is much easier to just mulch that shreddeed paper, otherwise you are buried under it! My recyling bin is already full each week, so this helps a lot.
Thanks for the link, and glad it worked for you too. :)
Love you are article, always wondered what to do with that shred paper from keeping my identity private
I use mine for chicken bedding, then after they have pooped all over it, it goes on the compost.
I've been composting it as well, but as a rat mommy, found some of those suggestions fun, so may give them a bit of it. Besides, I compost the rat bedding so it will end up there one way or another!
Cathy
Fun... we burn ours in our fire pit outside sometimes. It's cool since it catches fast and makes wormy shapes! Mostly though ours goes to the recycle bin - fin ideas though.
wow!
i had never thought of using shredded paper like that...thanks for the tip...
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