Recycle Those Peels

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By Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
Switzerland
February 9, 2016 9:34am CST
The banana peels have plenty of great qualities. Instead to throw them in the bin, you can use them in many ways. * Use to whiten your teeth. Rub the teeth with the inside of the peel, it's more safe than a chemical product. * Relieve bug bites. * Polish the silver items. Blend the peel with water, apply and then remove with a clean cloth. * Use as fertilizer. Throw the peels in the compost, they are a great nutrient for the soil. Excellent for the roses. * Splinter Removal. Place the peel (peel down) on a splinter, let in place for a while and then ease the splinter out. Do you use or do you throw your banana peels? (Some tips are extracted by old books and magazine, where the copyright has expired - Others are from my Grandmother - This to satisfy the request of a user)
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
9 Feb 16
I used the peel to shine my shoes.Works well.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
9 Feb 16
You are right, this is another great use for the peel.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
@pgntwo I did not add the shoe tip because I have not tried it personally. I never give tips if I have not tried them.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Feb 16
I want my money back - tennis shoes go a ripish shade of brown...
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69390)
• Germany
9 Feb 16
I'm dumbfounded. I knew nothing of this. I only know that they serve well to make people slip and break a leg. :-)
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
Yes, they are famous to make people slip and I have read a ridiculous tip, to keep the banana peel and make a kid party putting the peels on the floor, this sounds weird.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Feb 16
Dried, they have been smoked, I believe!
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Bluedoll
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
9 Feb 16
Wow didn't know about the teeth use. I must remember this. Is it helpful to make monkey sounds if using in front of someone? Seriously, healthy alternatives are great. Thanks.
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Bluedoll
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
9 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Okay I'm sold. I've never tried but going to today.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
9 Feb 16
There is a reason for the theeth. The minerals in the peel (like potassium, magnesium and manganese) absorb into the teeth and whiten them.
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Loretta
@noni1959 (9901)
• United States
10 Feb 16
@LadyDuck It helps some but not for crowns and false. I notice a difference on my regular teeth but not the crowns.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
9 Feb 16
We don't eat them so I don't buy them and the last thing I'd do with them is rub them on my teeth - that gives me the chills.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill There is something weird with bananas, they are supposed to help with leg cramps, I get leg cramps if I eat bananas.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
9 Feb 16
It works, you use the inside of the peel. My husband likes to have a banana on his waffle in the morning, I use the peels.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
9 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I'll stick with toothpaste it doesn't make me sick, bananas do which is why I don't eat them.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (80168)
• United States
10 Feb 16
I always just throw them away...didn't know they had so many uses
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
The banana peels are full of nutrients, I never throw them, I use to enrich the soil.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247216)
• United States
9 Feb 16
I have a list of banana peel uses on a Pinterest board, but just throw them away. I really should try a few of their uses.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
9 Feb 16
Most of the time I throw them, with all the other peels, in the compost.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247216)
• United States
9 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Lol! Yet we know how to use them, just in case.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247216)
• United States
9 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Enjoy your Fat Tuesday!
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kiran8
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
9 Feb 16
I use it to clean the kitchen sink once a while but use it for my compost since we have a whole lot of them collecting each day .I use all fruit and vegetable peels for the compost and Banana peel never goes waste in my house
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kiran8
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
13 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Yes absolutely ! Orange peels too are very nutritive for the soil..
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
9 Feb 16
It's a shame to waste those peels, they are full of great nutrients for the soil.
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katerina
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
10 Feb 16
Hello Anna, I never heard of banana peel for bites before. Actually I just toss them and have no silver to polish or splinters to remove.
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katerina
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
10 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Very well thanks, hope you are too. I had my eye done a couple of weeks ago and still have too much work to spend any time on here.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
@thea09 I am fine thanks, I am happy to know that you had your eyes done, I hope your vision is now improving.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
Hello Katerina, I hope you are well. I get splinters all the time from the blackberries, my Mother has silverware, pretty useless, but needs to be cleaned.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130292)
• India
10 Feb 16
Bananas are consumed everyday. I have a few compost pits. They go right there.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
Most of the peels from my kitchen to into the compost pit.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
10 Feb 16
We love bananas as desserts at home because they are delicious and cheap. But we always throw them away .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
10 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Oh yes, we throw it at our bio-degrable bin which the garbage collector truck collects .
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Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32512)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Feb 16
@rebel_woman06 banana peel is a good replacement for carrots for lumpia, siomai, meat balls and giniling. Just mince it in small bits.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
I throw the peels in the compost bin, because the banana peels are the best to enrich the soil.
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Yalul
@yalul070 (1713)
• Manila, Philippines
9 Feb 16
Amazing! Where did you learn all these? I'm especially interested in its power to...relieve bug bites.
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Yalul
@yalul070 (1713)
• Manila, Philippines
10 Feb 16
@LadyDuck wow. i wanna hear more
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
9 Feb 16
As I said to GrandMartin I have plenty of old books in our homes and many are about old time remedies.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Feb 16
have you ever tried the teeth thing?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
9 Feb 16
Yes, to remove the coffee spots, I am a coffee drinker. It works.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Feb 16
@LadyDuck i drink tea, might have to try that
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (80168)
• United States
10 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I am going to try this for teeth whitening
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Catherine
@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
9 Feb 16
I throw them in the bin, but did not know they could be used in so many ways @LadyDuck .
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
I knew since I was a kid that they are good to enrich the soil and my grandmother used the peels to whiten her teeth.
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29360)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Feb 16
Up to now, we have thrown them away, but I will think about these uses.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
I think to remember that Anne loves the roses, the banana peel near the roots of the roses are a good nutrient and keep the aphids away.
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much2say
@much2say (53941)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Feb 16
Oh gosh, we've always thrown out the peels! I've only heard about the teeth whitening but not the others. Interesting about the splinter . . . this tip could have been useful for my son had I known a couple weeks ago!!
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Feb 16
I have no things I do with banana peels but orange or tangerine peels I throw in the disposal and it gives it a good smell.
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Marlina
@marlina (154165)
• Canada
9 Feb 16
I put my banana peels in the compost bin.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
9 Feb 16
I also put the in the compost, I tried the peel on the teeth, it works.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
10 Feb 16
I'd no idea that they were so useful! I've always used them as fertiliser around my roses, but didn't know about their other uses. Thank you.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (49274)
• United States
10 Feb 16
I throw them away.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326601)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Feb 16
That's quite a few uses for banana peels. Mum used to put hers behind the staghorn fern so I guess that's a 'fertiliser' use.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 16
Yes, it is to fertilize the soil, nothing is better than banana peels.
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