( No – this is not a bad joke! )
In the days gone by we would have always considered other uses for throw away items. It just so happens that these three items can all have a new lease of life in your home:
You can use them as firelighters!
These and all small scraps of paper that are a bit small for recycling now wait happily by the fireside in my coal scuttle for their next purpose in life, helping start a fire!
Now you can have the glow of reuse as well as the warm glow from the fire!
Some more reading on homemade firelighters.