Second Uses for Pistachio shells


	Second Uses for Pistachio shells

egsnyder

12-24-2007 6:39 AM

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reuse, recycle, pistachio shells, environment

egsnyder says:

Almost EVERYTHING can be reused, repurposed, recycled -- even pistachio shells. Here are a bunch of ideas... some very creative; some pretty dumb.

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12-24-2007 5:44 PM

righthand

Ye, they burn great.

11-21-2008 7:57 AM

gingembre

Good resource site! I've been poking around it and branching out to some of the very creative links provided in the posts and the comments.

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