What do you do with used (dead) rotary blades?

**Scissor Queen** · 05-05-2012, 08:44 AM

I wrap them in duct tape and throw in the trash.

**TerryQuilter** · 05-05-2012, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by Scissor Queen

I wrap them in duct tape and throw in the trash.

Ditto.......

**AUQuilter** · 05-05-2012, 11:25 AM

I have been keeping mine in a used Crystal light container and will try this company for exchange/purchase. http://www.lpsharp.com/3.html Maybe another QB member has done this and can provide feedback.

Z · 05-07-2012, 01:40 PM

I have used this company a number of times and have been very happy with the sharpened blades. Service was prompt.

Originally Posted by AUQuilter

I have been keeping mine in a used Crystal light container and will try this company for exchange/purchase. http://www.lpsharp.com/3.html Maybe another QB member has done this and can provide feedback.

**duckydo** · 05-07-2012, 03:35 AM

wrapped in duct tape is a good idea, I usually try to put them in a old blade container and get rid of them that way

**DogHouseMom** · 05-05-2012, 11:36 AM

I bring my old blades, bent pins, and used needles to the BloodMobile when I go donate blood and they dispose of all my sharps for me. The blades I pack in paper towel then in a zip lock, the pins/needles I put in an old prescription bottle.

**Msbaby** · 05-07-2012, 07:14 PM

has anyone had any luck with the sharpeners that you can buy at Joanns? I go through blades pretty quickly.

**ChaiQuilter** · 05-05-2012, 06:47 PM

I put the old blade in the case the new blade was in and throw it in the trash.

**june6995** · 05-05-2012, 08:27 PM

Rotary cutter blades ARE NOT BIODEGRADABLE! They will help clog the landfills. Like anything else metal, they shold be recycled in places that accept metal. I plan to give mine to a company that buys metal...but I do not expect to get cash for them. We need to become good stewards of the items we use and care for the earth so it will be a good place for future generations. We need to think twice before we put things in the garbage bag. No metal parts from old refrigerators, or oven racks or cookware. At this point in time we need to stop and ask ourselves if the things we are throwing away are bad for the environment. Many communities have special dates set to collect old appliances and computers and other electronic equipment. If am item will not rot or break down over years of being buried in the earth, it should not be sent to the landfills. HELP SAVE OUR PLANET for future generations.

June in Cincinnati

**wolph33** · 05-07-2012, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by june6995

Rotary cutter blades ARE NOT BIODEGRADABLE! They will help clog the landfills. Like anything else metal, they shold be recycled in places that accept metal. I plan to give mine to a company that buys metal...but I do not expect to get cash for them. We need to become good stewards of the items we use and care for the earth so it will be a good place for future generations. We need to think twice before we put things in the garbage bag. No metal parts from old refrigerators, or oven racks or cookware. At this point in time we need to stop and ask ourselves if the things we are throwing away are bad for the environment. Many communities have special dates set to collect old appliances and computers and other electronic equipment. If am item will not rot or break down over years of being buried in the earth, it should not be sent to the landfills. HELP SAVE OUR PLANET for future generations.

June in Cincinnati

same here-we only have 1 planet

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