Rubbish/Christmas Cards - Page 2

katex · 03-01-2007, 23:52

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Originally Posted by garinda

If you really want to be green, you should cut them all up and make little gift tags for next year, and with the backs of the cards, place them all together, make holes with a hole punch, fasten with a pretty ribbon, et voila - a handy telephone note pad.

There's always an arty farty one, isn' there !

cherokee · 04-01-2007, 00:08

Well Mine Are Bagged Up Along With All Used Wrapping Paper And Xmas Packaging Ready To Have A Damn Good Fire On The Allottment

garinda · 04-01-2007, 00:14

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Originally Posted by katex

There's always an arty farty one, isn' there !

The arty farty cards are worth turning into a calendar, to give as a charming gift.

Neil · 04-01-2007, 08:46

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Do you believe in the tooth fairy too ?

Yes, you have met him, he lives in Ossy and has a floppy fringe

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Originally Posted by cherokee

Well Mine Are Bagged Up Along With All Used Wrapping Paper And Xmas Packaging Ready To Have A Damn Good Fire On The Allottment

Thats the least green suggestion so far

WillowTheWhisp · 04-01-2007, 08:49

I'll be doing the arty farty bit with some of mine - more twiddly bits for other people to worry about next year!

panther · 04-01-2007, 18:51

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Originally Posted by maxwell silver

They've gone in the white sack,,no ifs or buts,twiddly bits an' all.

mine too

and i got a box full of empty beer bottle + another bag and my blue bag is full of cans too + another bag

(does **** head come to mind lol)

Sara · 05-01-2007, 20:28

Oh dear mine went in with the cardboard, which was taken today.

garinda · 05-01-2007, 23:51

Just been advertised on TV that Tesco's are accepting old Christmas cards for recycling, and that last year they collected a hundred tonnes of them.

mickmc · 07-01-2007, 14:09

As greeting cards are my profession...... they should really go in with paper - the board that most cards are made from is between 220-320gsm and is a "clean" board/paper, ie when recycled will produce a much higher standard of paper/board - and more profit for the companies involved

Whereas cardboard (the brown stuff ) is a much greater gsm and is already, in 99% of cases already made from poor quality recycled paper/board - it is not fit to make anything other than more cardboard

Hope that helps - boy do I need a beer...............!!!!!!

katex · 07-01-2007, 17:19

Eeew, thanks for that MickMc, will print that one out in case I get fined in the future to show them the expert guidance. Hadn't put them in any actually, couldn't make my mind up, however, if I had put in the cardboard one ... don't think would have known anyway.
The bag I put cardboard in was last seen through my rear view mirror following me as I set off for work .. that windy day if you remember ...

Plus the cans kept me awake all night as the blue box had tippled over and dislodged the blue bag, and I led there listening to them rolling around ... must have seemed a funny sight with me hoody jacket to cover my wet hair at dusk trying to retrieve them all

They never gave me my blue bag back either !

Willow: wish I were so entreprising, but not got the drive anymore ..used to do this when I was little and lovely when you can personalise your cards more I know.