While SewGreen encourages reuse projects using denim -- and the Internet is full of ideas -- we can't accept old jeans in our reuse program because we don't have any place to store them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Haines" <[email protected]> To: "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 7:00 PM Subject: [SustainableTompkins] using denim jeans > is anyone local making - or using - the housing insulation now made from > used denim jeans? I've also seen delightful sandals and handbags made from > jeans at craft fairs - surely SewGreen's territory - > > > --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Thomas Shelley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Thomas Shelley <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] help >> To: "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv" >> <[email protected]> >> Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 7:50 PM >> At 01:37 PM 1/3/2009, you wrote: >> >I am looking for a way to recycle worn out, unwearable, >> denim jeans. Is >> >there anything local? >> >> Adrian--There is a used clothing/textile dumpster at the >> Tompkins >> County Solid Waste Division recycling center. They really >> want >> usable garments, but things that aren't useable go to a >> >> recycler. Some people use the components of old blue jeans >> for craft >> projects. See for example: >> http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/Make-Your-Own-Denim-Apron-From-Recycled-Blue-Jeans.aspx. >> >> Do you know any school teachers? They are often looking >> for >> materials for projects for their students. Have a >> wonderful day. Tom >> >> ****************************************** >> Tom Shelley >> 118 E. Court St. >> Ithaca, NY 14850 >> 607 342-0864 >> [email protected] >> http://www.myspace.com/99319958 (Last updated 12-22-08.) >> http://www.facebook.com/129295929#/home.php (Just updated >> 12-31-08.) >> >> Compost Educator and Sustainability Scion >> >> Buy products in glass, not plastic! Recycle all of your >> glass bottles. >> >> The percentage of PET recycled is declining. >> >> PET Recycling Rages Graph >> >> Source: National Association for PET Container Resources, >> American >> Plastics Council >> Note: 39% of plastic recycled in 2003 was PET. >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins >> County area, please visit: >> http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ >> >> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >> [email protected] >> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >> Questions about the list? ask >> [email protected] >> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask > [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
