Wire Hangers » Wire http://www.wirehangers.org Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:36:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Recycling the Wire hangershttp://www.wirehangers.org/recycling-the-wire-hangers/ http://www.wirehangers.org/recycling-the-wire-hangers/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:32:57 +0000 admin http://www.wirehangers.org/?p=68 While the concept of recycling the wire hangers may really seem like an impossible task, given time, energy and bit of innovation it is really possible to do this seemingly impossible job. The wire hangers are made of steel and it is a surprising statistics that about 96% of the steel used in these steel [...]

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]]> While the concept of recycling the wire hangers may really seem like an impossible task, given time, energy and bit of innovation it is really possible to do this seemingly impossible job. The wire hangers are made of steel and it is a surprising statistics that about 96% of the steel used in these steel wire hangers is recycled steel. Also, some of the recycling facilities-which are although few in numbers-actually accept the wire hangers for recycling purposes. Now the regular dry cleaning runs are sure to make the wire hangers accumulate in the homes and without obvious recycling option it is quite difficult to deal with them. In some cases it may also happen that there are more wire hangers at home as compared to actual number of clothes. However while the situation may look bleak with so many wire hangers lying uselessly at home, actually it is possible to deal constructively with the situation. Some of the things that can be done with the damaged or excess wire hangers are as follows.

Give away the wire hangers
There are many methods to dispose of the wire hangers. There really are people out there who may really benefit from the wire hangers given by you. The first option for disposing you wire hangers would be to send them back to where they originally came from. You can give them back to your dry cleaners. While most of them would be only too happy to get their hangers back and reduce the costs of buying new hangers, others may not be that much open to the idea. In such cases a little persuasion may be needed in order to convince them otherwise. Alternatively the hangers can be given to any thrift store that is open to the idea or to some shelter or even a hospital, however they only deal in bulk so go to them only when you have heaps to spare and similar is the case with yards for scrap metal. So it is not that there is no way to make you unused metal hangers vanish up, all you need is bit of innovative thinking and approach the right people who can really help you out.

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Using the wire hangers innovatively at home
There are some at home things that can be done with your wire hangers. For example the damaged or extra hangers can be crafted into wreaths or even innovative chandeliers. Let the imagination run amok and you are sure to find out ways to use the hangers for various decoration purposes which will not only look good but will also help to remove the clutter from your home. The hangers can also be used for supporting the plants in your house or garden. Bend them and turn them into hangers or pots for various plants or turn them into frames for paintings or pictures. Also wire hangers can be used as a tool in order to unplug the plugged out drain or for reaching those things which are out of the reach.

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