Does lint from the dryer has any other alternative uses?
i was wondering since throwing away lint after taking it out of the dryer, and since theres all this talk about “going Green” i was wondering if lint can be used in any other way instead of just nothing at all
Well you already recieved the fire starter answers. There’s just about nothing that beats lint as a fire starter.
It can be put out for birds in early spring, to line their nests with. However it is possible this is not a good idea. Wet a handful of lint some time, and watch how it clumps in your hand. Now imagine a baby bird trying to stay warm in that mess after it’s nest got rained on. I prefer to put out fleece and hair from my livestock…that really IS good for baby birds and nests.
People do a number of craft things with lint. From mixing it with plasters, to mixing it with paper pulp. It’s often used to make some really gorgeous, but light weight masks (costume).
Some people use dryer lint as mulch in their gardens. I personally do not like this…the synthetic fibers never rot.
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Yeah you need to get a paper box and put all the lint in there. Let it build up over a few weeks and then when it is full take it into the garden. Invite some people over and stand in a circle around it and chant ” YA YA YA” then all drop to the floor. The lint monster will then step out of the paper box and then be just plain annoying. So you could do that but it’s so much easier to just bin in…