Former elbow grease: 3 drawer chest of drawers.

The main cabinet and drawers were found in a very sorry state (absolutely knackered!) on a roadside verge. Stripped it all down, reinforced then painted and waxed with new drawer hardwear.

I made the table top from two reused oak shelves, dowelled, glued, clamped, sawn, stripped and 'antique' waxed.

The legs were found in the attic, again stripped and 'antique' waxed.

Not impressed with the Fired Earth paint, going to have to seal it with clear furniture wax tomorrow. It scratches really easily and thus I don't recommend Fired Earth paint.

Gilboy's furniture wax however is truly amazing.

...killions of metal car bodies sit rusting away, forgotten but still serviceable...waiting to be loved again,

...while some asshole enslaves kin and resources to spit out killions more of #plastic car bodies that can be discarded in a year to keep the #profits...and the landfills, growing.

#reduce #reuse #recycle used to just be a natural part of daily life, now its a #theylive slogan for degraded disposable and deadly

Less than 10% of global plastics manufactured from recycled materials, findings reveal https://phys.org/news/2025-04-global-plastics-recycled-materials-reveal.html

Until the midterms reject #consumerism as much as possible. Use it up, #fix, #recycle, # repurpose. Refuse to give this administration any more than you already have to.

I highly recommend this book. It's full of wonderful ideas to make useful things out of things we may already have or can easily acquire — often via recycling

It's such a shame, and waste, that it's not easier to install some "generic tablet OS" on tablets that are EOL, regardless of if it's a Samsung, Lenovo, or whatever tablet.

Yes, I know there are "distributions" out there and instructions on how to "root"; but it's often very specific to models, brands, etc.

The amount of fully functional hardware being discarded / thrown away is staggering

tfw I realize my NAS ran out of space because it has a #recycle folder instead of a Recycle Bin and I just forgot to delete it

Were you one of the millions of people who bought an electric bicycle in 2020/2021 Depending on how often you ride& your riding habits, a healthy e-bike can keep its capacity for 5–7 years.
If you need to your e-bike https://www.hungryforbatteries.org/?eid=136774#locations #recycle #earthmonth #earthday #montgomerycountymd #mygreenmc #ebikebatteries #maryland #ebikes

This from the BBC is interesting: using #SpentGrain from the #beer making process to create other things like #PlantBased milk, leather, protein, bioplastics, and more.
#Recycle #Vegan #Climate

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250206-how-brewers-spent-grain-is-being-turned-into-vegan-barley-milk-leather-and-cakes

"RastaSaxMan" my first metal #sculpture from 15 years ago. Sharing as I think we all need a bit of light relief today.....and everyday! #repair #reuse #recycle

“Right now, there is a huge demand for such ‘hybrid’ laptops... Most people don’t care about having the latest model; they just want something that works and won’t break the bank.”

https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops

Always cool to see stuff destined for e-waste being made useful again.

https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/turning-old-cellphones-into-sbcs/

Don't Throw Away Your Old Laptop

https://libre2.news.blog/2025/04/08/dont-throw-away-your-old-laptop

There's a thriving market in India for cheap laptops that are made by salvaging parts from several different PCs from different brands and stitching them together into a "new" laptop made from scraps, despite opposition from PC makers. #Refurbish #Reuse #Recycle #India #RightToRepair #Computers #Laptops https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops

#retux #recycle #RepairReuseRecycle

Still looking for a nice hashtag but can contribute some hopefully useful links:

https://www.compuritas.at/

https://computertruhe.de/spenden/sachspenden/

https://heyalter.com/

https://www.labdoo.org/deu/de/

https://www.computerwerk.org/

Maybe it is a good idea to collect more suggestions and links here.

Rest assured that all of us in South London are scouring our sheds and attics in case we have one of these to donate to this needy soul! #Recycle #Reuse #JustGiving #Neighbours #London
https://trashnothing.com/post/45337627/high-heel-chairs-sw11