Q: In honor of Earth Day, I was wondering if you could suggest an earth-friendly way to get rid of exhausted kitchen gear. It's time to get rid of my melted spatula and scratched-up omelet pan but would hate for them to go to a landfill if they can be recycled. Any suggestions?
Sent by Amelia
Editor: Amelia, yes, we have definitely sent old plastic cookware out in the recycling bin. Check your local guidelines. For more discussion, check out these past posts on Re-Nest:
• What To Do With Old Non-Stick Pans?
• What To Do With Old Plastic Food Containers?
And here's one more resource on this:
• Recycle or reuse old pots and pans at GreenYour
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If the skillet is steel, you can detach any plastic handle and recycle to your scrap metal yards. If they don't end up sending it to a steel recycler, some metal artist might turn it into an awesome sculpture.
when we moved from san francisco to austin last year we actually gave ALL our old pots and pans to our church there! they LOVED it and we could write it off too! :) maybe a homeless shelter or soup kitchen would need them too! just a thought...cheers - CC