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NewYorkBuck wrote:Just out of curiosity - why wont the wife "allow" a sharps box? They arent that big (mine is about the size of a half gallon of milk) and will safely hold blades for years........

I thought it was obvious...a sharps box isn't pretty out on the counter.

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I use this as my blade bank and it is decorative as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Underberg_12x20ml.jpg

The picture is about the true size I think, depending on the pizel size of the screen of course. So it will last a lifetime I think without needing to empty it.
I made a slot on the top lid so I can drop the blades through.

Jarmo

[quote="Squire"]Hey Chris, I date a lot of things by how old my son was at the time. Now we're working on the little rat's valedictorian speech due at the ceremony next week.



High congratulations, Squire.

He takes after you?

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Kent

Pretty much so Kent, his IQ is a couple points higher though, a fact which he loses no opportunity to point out.

My wife is a diabetic and generates a lot of sharps waste. She uses a liquid laundry detergent container for the sharps she generates. I just dump my used blades in there.

Here's what I use, I got it on eBAY and since I use TOBS I thought it was appropiate.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/ ... having.jpg

That is a nice looking box shavergolf.

I see sometimes people posting as emptying a can of some juice and putting a slot on top and while it might be a good soution, it lacks some elegance.

Them old blades lack no desire to use them in other ways like taking off the silicone from glass etc. It is just I feel better to have a classy box of some sorts though for me like you too.

Jarmo

yohannrjm wrote:My wife is a diabetic and generates a lot of sharps waste. She uses a liquid laundry detergent container for the sharps she generates. I just dump my used blades in there.

I am diabetic also and have found nothing quite so rugged as the liquid laundry detergent bottles. That's where my used blades go also.

Sarge wrote:Get a can of broth, or something with just liquid , no chunks, at the grocery store....cheapest they have. Peel off paper and poke a blade-width size slit in the top with a knife (not your best kitchen knife - a utility knife works well too. The top of a tin can is relatively thin and easlily pierced), drain the liquid, then rinse it out. When it's full, which will likely take a few years, just throw it in the metal recycling bin. It's so easy a cartridge shaver could do it.

Another version of this was posted by Michael/leisureguy (he wrote the shaving book):
Get a can of liquid. Evaporated milk is good becasuse the cans are small (not condensed milk) but any liquid will do. Using a beer can opener, the other side of a beer bottle opener that punches triangular holes in the top (not the kind that cuts of the top)


drain the liquid out and risnse clean. This side becomes the bottom of the blade "bank". At the other end, using a hacksaw or a cheap steak knife, saw a slit slightly larger than the blade just under the rim, where the side of the can joins the thick rim. Slip the blade in when done with it. Years later, when the can is full, use your foot, a hammer, or hand pressure to press the slit closed. Then toss. There is no way for the blades to escape and hurt anyone.

I can post a picture of mine if the description is as clear as mud.

a-cut-above wrote:Evaporated milk is good becasuse the cans are small (not condensed milk) but any liquid will do.

Carnation milk is best of all...

http://www.phillieg.net/images/carnation.jpg

I have 3 years worth of used blades sitting in a glass jar in my bathroom. Where too now? I'm thinking an acid bath.

The good thing about blade banks is that they are somewhat recognizable when disposed. I have two years of blades in mine. I think I will throw it into the recycle bin along with all the aluminum cans, etc. Hopefully, the recycle process recognizes them and they do get recycled. I do have another at the ready to take its place in the medicene cabinet where it fits nicely on the shelf.

Zot! wrote:Hopefully, the recycle process recognizes them and they do get recycled. I do have another at the ready to take its place in the medicene cabinet where it fits nicely on the shelf.

It'd be nice, but I strongly doubt they're going to open up a blade bank and separate it from its contents. I'd guess containers like that simply get tossed.

It's really not a big deal, though. A razor blade weighs something like 1.5g. That means you need to recycle 6 months worth of blades to get enough steel for a soup can.

The real environmental benefit in wetshaving is the reduction in waste overall, not the recycling.

Mine is getting fairly heavy. I guess maybe 3-5 ounces.

At least it goes to the Recycle--I put cans, glass, cardboard, into my pickup every other week--and has opportunity to be recycled. It is their job to sort it and I think they can figure out that it is razor blades. Of course if they throw it out, I'm ok with that as I did due dilligence. It is safe too.

Yep. That's all you can ask of anyone -- do a job as well as you can before it moves to the next guy.

Zot! wrote:The good thing about blade banks is that they are somewhat recognizable when disposed. I have two years of blades in mine. I think I will throw it into the recycle bin along with all the aluminum cans, etc. Hopefully, the recycle process recognizes them and they do get recycled. I do have another at the ready to take its place in the medicene cabinet where it fits nicely on the shelf.

I don't think I'd ever put a blade in the recycling, even if it was sealed up, since most places have the single stream recycling and to the best of my knowledge some guy has the job of sorting that stuff in a factory. I'd be scared that a blade would get free and that guy would have a very bad day.

You gotta think that even when people are used to sort stuff, they would be wearing protective gloves, etc. There are a lot of sharp metal objects like sheet metal, wire, and so forth.

I also remember trying to retrieve a PIF'd Feather blade from my DIY blade can, one which had worked me over good and I had discarded only to decide on giving it another try. I couldn't get that thing out after trying for about 10 minutes, and by that time I decided that it had most likely been sufficiently dulled from shaking the can. Of course they always seem to come out when you don't want them to.

Ah, just toss em. If our prime concern was to make a blade last the longest we would all be using open razors.

I figured I might as well jump in on this one too. My wife uses Camille Beckman hand lotion and I took an empty CB jar (plastic), heated a used razor blade on the stove, and melted a neat slit in the top. Now I just drop my used blades in there. Shouls last about 5 years or more.

I was using a water bottle like mentioned before but I bought a few of those containers from WCS. It is white and matches the rest of my bathroom decor so the wife approves! Not bad for a buck each. I figure they will last me for a long time.