Kitchen

[morganjen]

What is the best way to dispose of big knives? I replaced my old knife set last year and need to get rid of the old knives. I have about six of them and they are big, and I don't know what happened to the block they were in. I don't feel comfortable just tossing them in the trash can for the garbage men to potentially stab themselves with them. No one wants them. Any ideas?

[Still Raining]

Mine have been more sporadic when disposed, but they have always just migrated to the garage or shed for a second life.  Useful things.

[fthunt]

Right or Wrong - this is what I've done.  Same as you afraid trash people will get injured so........I wrap each knife in newspaper  - many sheets - then wrap the bundle with tape to secure.  If I have bubble wrap - add that - and dispose in the trash.

Husband left me hunting knives and I, too, replaced some old ones.

[Eileen in Virginia]

Are the old knives still usable? If so, why not donate them? Whether you donate them or throw them away, I like the recommendation to wrap them in newspaper. 

[Travone]

If they are still good, instead of throwing them away, donate them.  There are all sorts of organizations that need household items for those that can't afford them.

[depglass]

I guess I'd do the same thing I do for broken glass, put into a couple grocery bags before going into the trash.  I've never gotten rid of a knife, ours go to auction or donation.  

[itsmagic]

If you can’t recycle or donate, I cut a heavy piece of corrugated cardboard and fold it in half and place the blade of the knife inside the cardboard with the sharp edge facing the folded edge and then wrap a lot of duct tape around the whole thing so it can’t slip out of the cardboard and stab anyone when in the garbage. 

[ECBG]

I would just wrap them up in bubble wrap with strapping tape.  

Garbage men don't open trash bags.  they are swept into their trucks "dumpster" at each stop.

I keep an old knife to open boxes from amazon.

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@ECBG wrote:

I would just wrap them up in bubble wrap with strapping tape.  

Garbage men don't open trash bags.  they are swept into their trucks "dumpster" at each stop.

I keep an old knife to open boxes from amazon.

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@ECBG  Our garbage bags are picked out of our bin and hand thrown into the back of the truck. So even though they don't open the bags, they pick them up and carry them.

[J Town Girl]

I had a few large and small knives that I no longer needed so I just wrapped them very well.  First i put them in a cardboard sleeve and then bubble wrapped them individually.

On the package I wrote in large letters "caution, sharp knives".   

I then donated them to our local Salvation Army.  The knives were still in good shape so I didn't want to just take them to the garbage dump.