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Mustang



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 11 8:57 pm    Post subject: What ways to recycle ... empty coffee tins Reply with quote
    

I've got large numbers of empty 250g Illy coffee tins, and I am looking for ways to reuse them. I had used them to hold screws, nails etc, but as they are not see-through, they were not great.

The tins are about 5" wide, 8" tall and have screw-on lids.

sean
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 11 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They're excellent for storing ground coffee.

Nell Merionwen



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 11 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

https://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/N-Money.html#1914

Mustang



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 11 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nell wrote:
https://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/N-Money.html#1914


I can't quite figure out what the 1914 - 1980 Average Minimum Wages paid to Ordinary Agricultural Labourers for Basic Hours has to do with reusing ideas for empty coffee tins.

jamanda
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 11 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I suspect it was meant to go on to Hairyloon's Old money thread.

sean
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 11 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You could keep everything you earned in one.

Mustang



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 11 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
They're excellent for storing ground coffee.


I'm afraid I grind my coffee seconds before I make a cup, so no need to store pre-ground coffee. And neither do I need them all to store coffee beans ... I have far too many empty tins for that.

Mustang



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 11 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
You could keep everything you earned in one.


I do use one for any spare foreign money I happen to collect on my travels. But I only need 1 tin for that.

Jo S



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 11 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

eBay?

Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 11 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They make excellent wood burning camping stoves.

alice



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 11 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

.....and stilts
https://www.instructables.com/id/Tin-Can-Stilts/

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 11 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

feeders .filters ,pipes ,roof shingles ,washers ,etc etc etc

tinned sheet steel is very useful for many make do mends

otatop



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 11 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

All sorts of gardening stuff in the shed:
wine corks to put on the tops of canes to prevent accidental blinding
Bits of that green plastic covered twisty wire for re-use
String
Hanging basket hooks

baldybloke



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 11 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You could always use them as a base for a herb spiral.

Shan



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 11 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Switch to bags of beans and store the beans in the tins.

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