Creative reuse ideas for old phone books

By Jennifer Meier on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 1:30 pm

Child Booster Seats – Use fabric remnants to quickly create a new booster seat for your child.

Window Wipes – The pages are perfect for cleaning windows with a simple mixture of vinegar and water.

Phone Book Step Aerobics – It might sound comical, but if you have more than one old phone book in the cabinet, get a workout by stacking and stepping.

Mulch – Shred a few pages at a time; the shredded paper blocks weeds and they’re biodegradable.

Packaging Filler – Shipping something fragile? Stuff the box with phone book pages.

Wax Paper Substitute – Separate baked goods or freezer items by placing a sheet in between them.

If you’re not feeling creative, or you’ve exhausted our list, you can always recycle your old phone books, as less than 10% are currently recycled.

Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

After you get the updated version of your local phone book, you don’t have to throw the old one away. Check out these alternate uses:

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