How do you dispose of cereal boxes?

robeiae · May 15, 2006

As I was breaking down an empty Cheerios box this morning (my wife had put it in the trash can as is), then folding it carefully and tucking it in on one side of the trash can, I remembered how I used to throw away cereal boxes: crumple them up and toss them in. I'm not sure when I changed or, more importantly, why.

How do you toss your empty boxes?

Rob

CaroGirl · May 15, 2006

I break them down flat and put them in my recycle box with all the newspaper and old magazines I didn't have time to read.

NeuroFizz · May 15, 2006

Broken down flat and placed in the recycle bin. Kind of like a divorce, isn't it?

DeniseK · May 15, 2006

This must be the sort of thread the other thread was about.

robeiae · May 15, 2006

Ya think?

Unique · May 15, 2006

CaroGirl said:
I break them down flat and put them in my recycle box with all the newspaper and old magazines I didn't have time to read.

Like this. Unless I save the cardboard to use for projects. Some of our projects around here include:

making bookmarks
making roads for Matchbox cars
backing for mini-posters
stencils

Most cereal boxes are just the right thickness - not too thin, not too thick. Add that to your trove of useless information. You can thank me later.

jenngreenleaf · May 15, 2006

I don't throw them away -- I use them for shipping out things I've sold on Amazon or ebay OR I use them for an altered art project.This thread sounds a lot like this:

"Personally I get a bit tired of the "If you were a breakfast cereal, what kind of cereal would you be?" and "If you could burp and fart a tune in the woods, would people hear and smell it?" type threads."

Are you being silly or do you really want to know?

(I vote for silly.)

robeiae · May 15, 2006

Actually, I'm wondering if how you treat your cereal boxes says something more about who you are. As I said, I changed how I treat them. Is it a sign of maturity, or of increased anal retentiveness? I'm not sure...

Rob

GPatten · May 15, 2006

I toss them as is. I don't see a need to fold them.

Melisande · May 15, 2006

I don't eat cereal.
My husband does, though, and he disposes of them as is.

Unique · May 15, 2006

robeiae said:
Actually, I'm wondering if how you treat your cereal boxes says something more about who you are. As I said, I changed how I treat them. Is it a sign of maturity, or of increased anal retentiveness? I'm not sure...

Rob

I vote for your increased maturity (hard as that is to believe

)
You have become more environmentally aware. Congratulations.

Gehanna · May 15, 2006

I usually leave them on the counter next to the cheese wrappers. lol

Leaving cheese wrappers on the counter is one of my husband's biggest peeves about me. It's a hard habit to break but, I'm trying. :tongue

I hate to throw them away because I think there's got to be something more that can be done with them.

Do you have any ideas on what empty cheese wrappers can be used for?

NeuroFizz · May 15, 2006

robeiae said:
or of increased anal retentiveness?

Just exactly how do you flatten and fold them?

KTC · May 15, 2006

OMG! Trash can. That's a no-no here. Almost a crime, actually. I break mine down and put them in the RECYCLE BIN.

robeiae · May 15, 2006

NeuroFizz said:
Just exactly how do you flatten and fold them?

Are you checking to make sure I do it 'right?'

Rob

robeiae · May 15, 2006

KTC said:
OMG! Trash can. That's a no-no here. Almost a crime, actually. I break mine down and put them in the RECYCLE BIN.

They won't take them here--newspaper only. I've tried.

Rob

Shwebb · May 15, 2006

We don't have recycling here. What I tend to do w/ them is to use them as mini-trash cans. I pick up the detritus and debris as I walk through the house, filling up the box as I go. Then I just take it straight out to the garbage cans outside.

Stew21 · May 15, 2006

I usea cereal box for coffee grounds, and other yucky scraps and stuff from cooking. I have a 16 month old that is intrigued by trash. The cereal box keeps the yuckies off of him when he figures out how to get the door open (which on occasion he does) and can dig around in there. No more potato peels, coffee grounds, table scraps, etc for him. (I also put the sharp lids from opened cans in there so he won't get cut if he finds his way to the trashcan. I have neat trash!

CaroGirl · May 15, 2006

psy7ven said:
I usually leave them on the counter next to the cheese wrappers. lol

Leaving cheese wrappers on the counter is one of my husband's biggest peeves about me. It's a hard habit to break but, I'm trying.

I hate to throw them away because I think there's got to be something more that can be done with them.

Do you have any ideas on what empty cheese wrappers can be used for?

What are these "empty cheese wrappers" about which you speak?

Elincoln · May 15, 2006

They usually get used as a chew toy for our dog. She always takes out boxes from the recycling bin and chews on them if no one remembers to shut it tight. Cereal boxes seem to be her favorite (right behind fruit snack boxes).

Jaycinth · May 15, 2006

Must break down everything to recycle...must recycle...cycle..cycle..

KTC · May 15, 2006

wow. Our garbage allowance has been cut to almost nil here. Every kind of plastic goes in one box. Every kind of paper or flimsy cardboard (There's a name for it but it escapes me at the moment) in another. Corrugated cardboard in another. glass jars in another and cans in another. In the next town over they have food and other garbage...that's gonna hit here too. So that the food garbage becomes compost and other is the only thing that goes to the dump. Soon, we will be forced to eat that section of the garbage so that only recycling and composting exist.

Shadow_Ferret · May 15, 2006

Why would you put them in the recycle bin?

I just throw it on top of the trash WHOLE and then press it down.

maestrowork · May 15, 2006

I dispose of my cereal box like I do with my victims' bodies..

CaroGirl · May 15, 2006

KTC said:
wow. Our garbage allowance has been cut to almost nil here. Every kind of plastic goes in one box. Every kind of paper or flimsy cardboard (There's a name for it but it escapes me at the moment) in another. Corrugated cardboard in another. glass jars in another and cans in another. In the next town over they have food and other garbage...that's gonna hit here too. So that the food garbage becomes compost and other is the only thing that goes to the dump. Soon, we will be forced to eat that section of the garbage so that only recycling and composting exist.

Holy cow! How many "blue boxes" do you have? We just have one blue box, for paper (newspaper and all kinds of cardboard) and a black box for all cans, glass and whatever plastic they think is commercially viable to take. Your recycling sounds complicated (good on you, though).

I do the composting thing myself. It's empowering to create dirt. God-like

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