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Eggboxes

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Ok, strange question... :rolleyes:

Is there anything MS I can do with eggboxes? I always feel bad about throwing them away because they look like they might be useful but I can't think of a use!

Any suggestions!?

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  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,458 Forumite
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    compost them
    use them as seed starter pots then plant the whole thing

    assuming, of course, that they are cardboard
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
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  • Hi hon!

    I was about to suggest the same thing as Valli (Hello Valli hon hi.gif
    ) and we also use them for chitting new potatoes.


    Apart from that - they are great for a variety of craft projects with kids!

    Diva.x
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  • dannahaz
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    Do you have any farm shops near you? If they sell eggs then they'll probably be glad of the eggboxes.
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    I am lucky where I live the council recycles the cardboard and plastic ones so they go in the recycling bin.
    You could use them for seedlings which is what I used to do
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  • Patchwork_Quilt
    Patchwork_Quilt Posts: 1,839 Forumite
    I save ours for one of the old-timers at the allotment who keeps hens. It was funny, though, because last time I saw him and his wife in town I said, "Oh, I've got loads of eggboxes to pass on." He looked really pleased for a moment and offered me some eggs, until his wife said, "He doesn't even like eggs."

    No wonder he trundles down to the allotment twice a day
  • louisewh123
    louisewh123 Posts: 207 Forumite
    i save them for craft for the little one
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  • If you go camping they are really useful if you fancy a boiled egg and haven't got any egg cups.
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  • Angela
    Angela Posts: 1,533 Forumite
    I use them to ripen tomatoes so they dont touch and go mouldy.
    Also in my camper van I cut some plastic ones so that it fitted in my fridge door so I have an egg holder,like in a fridge you would have at home.
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,458 Forumite
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    Hi Diva you ok?
    Like the new Av!
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
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