What can I do with hundreds of elastic bands

[midlifecrash]

They just accumulate, can’t see anywhere to recycle them, and throwing them in the bin seems irresponsible- it’s bad isn’t it if animals or birds eat them? Anyone do anything with them? Is it safer to throw them away if I cut them up?

I use them so much to seal up packets and bags of food that I always run out of them and need more!

Where are they coming from? I had to buy a ball of elastic bands because we hand none anywhere.

@NotNee

Where are they coming from? I had to buy a ball of elastic bands because we hand none anywhere.

Well I would guess the postman? In which case just hand them back every few months.

Thanks for your reply, for some reason we don’t have them on our post.

Sorry my post was totally unhelpful

Make a giant elastic ball they are fun and therapeutic to make.

They come on bunches of spinach and parsley etc mostly

I think the post office take them

Keep five of them in your "shit drawer" then offer the remainder on your local free page ? ( Or, bin the rest)
Don't be guilted into keeping stuff you don't want.

Charities that provide Information booklets get through a massive amount of elastic bands as when bulk orders are shipped to hospitals, libraries etc they are all banded into small bundles. Perhaps donate them locally.

Make them into a big ball... it will have super special density!

A school might want them for crafts?

There was a recycling app mentioned on here a while ago called Olio. Put them on there and someone will probably come to collect!

Make one of those Chinese jump rope games and have fun (with a friend)!

@Frankii

There was a recycling app mentioned on here a while ago called Olio. Put them on there and someone will probably come to collect!

Don’t bet on it!

I had free (some new) toys to give away. I got 5 time wasters who said they wanted them but never appeared.

I need about five if you have some spare - I don’t want to buy a full packet

Take them to a local primary school. They are useful for Design and Technology when making moving machines

Turns out the veg stall can reuse them. Don’t know why I never thought of asking them before! Thanks for all the ideas for passing them on, I’m sure I will accumulate more!