Dryer lint

[Minerva]

Anyone got any suggestions for things I can do with dryer lint? It's one of the few things we throw out regularly, and I'm trying to cut out the last bit of non-recyclable trash.

[halaroo]

I throw it in my composter (when I remember to).

[Purplehaze]

I use it, old candles and paper egg cartons to make fire starters to get our very hard to light wood stove going....

[lilylove]

I compost it too.

[Sadystar]

On another forum I frequent, someone felted it!!! Looked quite good, though she did comment that it took a lot more than she expected!

[Gwendolyn's babies]

I remember watching a show a long time ago about a very thrifty family (on donahue) the lady used her when making a paper mache mask.

[orangekoolaid]

i have a friend who puts some of it outside for the birds to make nests with.

[the_lissa]

We can compost it.

[LucyRev]

Somewhere i read a recipe using dryer lint for a kids playdough type modeling material. I never made it though.

[art_teachermommy]

we use it to make paper

[Purplehaze]

Wall- patch!

I remebered something I did a while ago- had to patch a one inch hole int he wall- put in spackle, then some dryer lint, let it dry then added a little more spackle- worked pretty well ; )

[BlessedOne]

I know it sounds bad......but I just toss it. I am doubting that it has THAT much affect on the environment.
Personally it grosses me out with all of the hair and probably dead skin cells clumped in it.............ick!!! a little too much for me!

I have heard of people felting it and making "dust bunnies"

But personally that is too gross for me!

If I did have a major issue with it, then I would just add it to the collection of carpet lint that pollutes my yard (I have a rainbow vac...so it uses water and I dump it outside....so my yard looks like several dead animals died in it...with all of the carpet/hair lint piles...lol) Oddly enough I would rather pollute my property than a landfill.....crazy huh.....plus I like to see how long it takes things to leave.

[LucyRev]

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OH my goodness, that made me laugh.

I'm with you about the lint being too gross to do something with. I have never felt guilty about tossing it in the trash. I never even thought about composting it...

[pampered_mom]

Another vote for composting it here - why not turn it into something you can use rather than just sending it to the landfill. I know it doesn't seem like much each time you clean out the lint screen thingy, but I would imagine that over your lifetime it could add up to quite a lot!

[lilylove]

Originally Posted by pampered_mom

I know it doesn't seem like much each time you clean out the lint screen thingy, but I would imagine that over your lifetime it could add up to quite a lot!

I keep a box on my dryer to collect it. I'm always surprised by how quickly it fills up!

[thixle]

Another vote for firestarters (grill, campfire, woodstove)...
Or compost, if there is enough cotton...

[Past_VNE]

We put it in a net onion bag and hang it from a tree. The birds pull out chunks of it out to line their nests. We've done it that way for years and the birds, everywhere we've lived in the country, seem to love it.

[notwonamesalike]

Originally Posted by Past_VNE

We put it in a net onion bag and hang it from a tree. The birds pull out chunks of it out to line their nests. We've done it that way for years and the birds, everywhere we've lived in the country, seem to love it.

Brilliant Idea!!!!

[traceface]

Originally Posted by Purplehaze

I use it, old candles and paper egg cartons to make fire starters to get our very hard to light wood stove going....

How do you make fire starters from these items?

I am terrible at starting fires and I think I need this...

[Gwendolyn's babies]

Originally Posted by Past_VNE

We put it in a net onion bag and hang it from a tree. The birds pull out chunks of it out to line their nests. We've done it that way for years and the birds, everywhere we've lived in the country, seem to love it.

I like your tip alot! I now have a netted bag 9from a netted ag of apples) hanging in my washroom to gather lint in for the little birdies!