How shall I recycle my dryer lint?

I believe I will mix it with the pubic hair from another survey, and create wonderful works of art. People will not recognize my abilities until after I have departed from this earth, and then they will be worth $$$$.

In the meantime, expecting this to happen, I will put SC in my will to receive my priceless (worthless?) works of publint art. What say, Bill?

You could make a toupee for that follically challenged man across the street....

Oh, you are going to fit in here nicely!

Have I welcomed you yet?

Thanks, I think!!

I do try to have a serious side, and I'm sure you will run into that as well. However, quite often the twisted part shows up, and if I hit "submit" before I think twice, then it's just too late.

Speaking of follically challenged, I suppose I could consider that use for the stuff as well.

The only 'thinking twice' you really need to do here is spell check, and make sure you don't insult someone without their deserving it. I think it's going to be fun having you here.

Yuck. Throw it out.

I don't know. I just throw mine in the trash.

I don't know. I've heard and seen crafts/art people have made out of dryer lint, but frankly I think it looks rather tacky.

> You could make a toupee for that follically challenged
> man across the street....

Good idea! I could make one for my ex husband and give it to him for his birthday.

> I don't know. I've heard and seen crafts/art
> people have made out of dryer lint, but frankly
> I think it looks rather tacky.

You got to be kidding, people really do that?

ROFL... that's a GREAT idea!

Unfortunately, yes. It's really, really tacky!

> Yuck. Throw it out.

Why yuck? It's washed and dried, smells like Bounce and it's soft and fluffy. "Throw it out", is not an environmentally friendly statement.

Can you imagine? A woman comes home, her husband asks, “what did you get at the market today?” She replies, “Oh honey look at what I got. It’s a dog made out of dryer lint and it only cost $18.00!”

I hear it makes a great fire starter. Put some in a ziplock bag and put it in your survival kit.

Hey now that is a good idea. I'll have to remember that the next time I go hiking.

My dryer-lint tends to be full of cat hair and other small, dust-like particles that, despite their having been washed, seem very likely to set off my allergies with a terrible fit of sneezing. Thus, my own environment would be negatively affected by keeping it around. So to me, it's a very environmentally friendly statement.

You have allergies and a cat? You must love that cat! I'd say that would be a good reason to throw the lint out.

Toss it outside, birds use it to build nests, for real.

Yeah, I'm allergic to one of my cats (I didn't realize until after I got her). Oddly, the other one I'm not allergic to. I also have a lot of dust and pollen allergies. I go through a lot of Kleenex, which also isn't very environmentally friendly! I need to go see an allergist to find out about getting shots instead of just taking Claritin.

That’s strange that you would be allergic to one and not the other. Have you asked your doctor why that might be? I know people who have gave their cat away or threw it out doors because of allergies. I would have to live with the allergies because it would break my heart to get rid of my Kitty or even throw her out side. You must feel the same about your cats.

What?

Wild birds love it.

I have read that you can put it in your compost heap... I thought that was strange... considering the chemicals that probably end up in the lint from detergent and softener....... so I would never do it.

I think you should make a nice pillow and stuff it w/it.

I am allergic to cats too. At one time I had 3. They didn't come in my bedroom. That helped a lot.

Didn't you used to carry hankies? It seems like I remember you talking about a little hanky holder or something you had............ a loooooong time ago.

or was that someone else?

or am I completely making that up?

I got two little finches that have a nest above my back door. I saw them tidying the nest up the other day. I'll put some out there and see if they will use it. thax!

I don't have a husband any more, I got to have the cat to keep my feet warm, so glad I'm not allergic!

I do feel the same way. Giving her up is not an option.
I seem to be allergic to short-haired cats; long-haired ones don't bother me. I think the longer hairs don't get in my nose quite so easily! I just made an appointment with an allergist to find out what specifically I'm allergic to and what I can do about it, since the stuff I'm taking (over-the-counter medication) isn't working very well.

You're not making that up, and I'm very impressed that you remember! I used to use hankies, but I haven't in a while. It was getting so that I would get the hankie soggy too quickly and if I'd gone through all of them, then I had to resort to Kleenex anyway. Plus, they were getting a little rough on my nose, and the detergent I was using on the hankies was making me sneeze more, especially if I bleached them. I should try washing them now that I have a detergent with no perfumes or dyes in it, and see if that's any better.

I have two little finches that have a nest right behind me! In fact, there are 5 finches right behind me, and 2 cockatiels & 1 parakeet. Finches, in particular, LOVE making nests. They spend a lot of time at it. Right now my finches are taking baths in their birdbath. Finches love to bath too.

My allergist was so frustrated. I wasn't giving them up.

saw a show, (The natural gardener) or something like that. He buried baby dippers under the roots of tomato plants to give them extra water. I don't remember what it was for but he was using beer, Dawn, coffee gowns all kinds of crazy things I would not think of putting on plants. I'm not a gardener but I thought it was interesting.

Ewwww!!
If I was the husband, I'd make her take it back and get a refund!

OMG, you are worse than my mother was about birds. She had 2 cockatiels and a parakeet. I thought they were cute when they talked (2 of them talked) but every time you tried to talk on the phone or watch TV they (mainly the parakeet) would state that loud squawking!

yeah and you would be smart not to let her have any money ever again.

At one point we had 2 parakeets, 2 cockatiels & 9! finches.
One of the parakeets managed to open their cage & the yellow one got out & met with an unfortunate end, involving our black lab.
The finches are all related. We started out with a male & a female. They had one clutch that was 2 girls, then later, a second clutch that was 5! boys, one was all white. But, 3 died after we put a scented oil thing in the plug, the chemicals from it killed them. 1 other died for unknown reasons.
I have four dogs, sit for a puppy on occasion. And have goldfish & koi in the pond outside & a bird sanctuary in the back yard with nest boxes, bird baths, shrubs & trellises, feeders. There is a big window in the living room & we watch the birds.

No, I wouldn't go that far, but I certainly don't want tacky crap like that in my home either.

wow that's cool! I have a bird feeder out side my dinning room window. I love watching them, so does the cat.

Stuff it in your bra. That way you will make lots of people happy.

Iron it flat, spray it with starch, more ironing... then cut it into interesting shapes and make a mobile.

Throw it away. Why would you recycle it?

It's handy for kindling when you're getting fires started. Like those old tires, so hard to get lit, stuff some dryer lint in there and Bob's your uncle!

Make a quilt. A big, warm, fluffy quilt.

Yeah.... my dad buried an old mattress box spring in one of his raised wooden beds.... something about the metal being good for the soil.

He also convinced me this past spring to bury a whole egg under each of my tomato plants when I planted them....

> Yeah.... my dad buried an old mattress box spring in one of his raised
> wooden beds.... something about the metal being good for the soil.
>
> He also convinced me this past spring to bury a whole egg under each
> of my tomato plants when I planted them....


Did the egg make a difference?

You could ………
put it into a used egg carton with some used candles and use it as fire starter.

that sounds really gross.

I don't know.

throw it up in your attic for insulation. It looks similar to the loose fill stuff in my attic.

I've heard that you can put it outside, in a ball, tied with string to keep it together. Do it in the Spring, for the birds to make nests with. They supposedly love it. Even better, wash your red clothes and get red lint. Then, you'll be able to spot the bird's nest (they'll be red!).

I tried this once (though, I used standard/gray lint) but the birds ignored it and it got rained on. It ended up looking very sad and drippy. Eventually, I took it down. But, I think it may have been the wrong time of year.

Wha? uh, weird

You could probably do a nmber of things with it, but I'd probably give mine to a homeless person just before winter.

Give the cat a toy!

you gotta stoppit with you weird head avatar.....it's giving me a headache!!!

yay!

Save it and use it to start campfires...works great especially when the wood is damp...

Chuck it? Be it in the bin/at a person/car/animal, wherever.

Aww. You wouldn't want to cuddle up in a lint quilt?

...make a nice Castro Beard for Halowe'en.

I don't know... I assume it probably did as it broke down.. but it was my first time growing tomatoes.

It serves as excellent tinder for starting fires.

I think I have heard that before. what does it do for the tomatos?

I don't know I guess it provides it with some sort of nutrients as it breaks down.

You could......... put it in your belly button, when you've run out.

Give it to me to stuff in my bra

it would probly fall apart.

In the garden for compast. Lint is not a laughing matter. It could eventually save the planet.

use it along with dust bunnies and belly button lint, and knit a sweater... just dont dry it in the dryer.

I sort mine by color and save it for paper making. Not sure if that works though.

Line hamster cages?

Now there's a portrait of a reluctant drunk house-husband, burying diapers in the yard and pouring old beers over them.

> Give it to me to stuff in my bra

I already put enough out for the birds to make you a "C" cup; you'll have to rob the birds nest for that. The rest I'll send you via Federal Express.

Woo woo boobs here I come

Big boobs really aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Most of the time they just get in the way. Like when you try to run, when you’re looking for a sexy bra, when you can't buy that button down shirt you really like because it looks like the bottoms might pop off. Then there’s the spaghetti strap tops that are in style you can't wear. As you get older the big boobs seem to sag more than smaller ones . And of course there’s the fact that men don't take you serous. If you’re a "B" cup be thankful!

Thank heavens I have little boobies!

That's true.. and anyway.. who needs boobs when there's dryer lint

Ours usually becomes fodder for bird & squirrel nests.

No seriously, we are in a semi-rural area with a fair amount of woods.

I've heard of people doing sculptures with dryer lint recently sorry don't remember more details.

you could always thread it together & make a fuzzy sweater!

Throw it in the garbage.

Throw it away recycling dryer lint is for a loser and recycling dryer lint is bad for your health not to mention very nasty.

> Throw it away recycling dryer lint is for a loser
> and recycling dryer lint is bad for your health
> not to mention very nasty.

Why is it nasty? It's been washed, dried, smells good and it comes off the same clothes that you’re wearing.

wellif you live a dog or cat there would be dog or cat hair in it and not to mention the dust and the fact that it looks strange.

Well I guess you have a point there.