{"id":4101,"date":"2018-09-12T03:22:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T02:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2021-05-20T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T10:39:51","slug":"how-to-reuse-silica-gel-packets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/how-to-reuse-silica-gel-packets\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Reuse Silica Gel Packets (&#038; Get 100s Of Packets For FREE!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/how-to-reuse-silica-gel-packets\/how-to-reuse-silica-gel-packets-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15920\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15920 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/How-To-Reuse-Silica-Gel-Packets-533x800.jpg\" alt=\"Reuse silica packets\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/How-To-Reuse-Silica-Gel-Packets-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/How-To-Reuse-Silica-Gel-Packets-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/How-To-Reuse-Silica-Gel-Packets-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/How-To-Reuse-Silica-Gel-Packets-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/How-To-Reuse-Silica-Gel-Packets.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These pesky, annoying little packets you get in pretty much everything from purses to boxed electronics are actually really handy to stockpile and reuse&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Did you know\u00a0Silica gel is a desiccant, a substance that absorbs moisture?\u00a0Despite its misleading name, the silicate is actually a very porous mineral with a natural attraction to water molecules. It sucks in moisture from the surrounding environment and traps it within.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These silica\u00a0packets could be used to keep\u00a0valuable\u00a0papers, electronics, \u00a0and ammo dry and moist free. There are loads of other uses too! Find out more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/lifestyle\/recycling\/stories\/how-to-reuse-silica-gel-packets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Reuse Silica Gel Packets.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used to work in a &#8216;Goods in&#8217; department in an engineering company. There were 100s of these little silica gel packets being thrown in the\u00a0trash weekly, from the goods delivered. If you have friends or family that work in a warehouse or factory, they can likely get hold of and save 100s and 100s of these silica packets for you. Alternatively, just go and speak to a few local businesses. Explain you are recycling the silica gel packages used\u00a0for shipping goods. I am sure you&#8217;ll find folks are happy to save them up for you, rather than wasting them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These pesky, annoying little packets you get in pretty much everything from purses to boxed electronics are actually really handy to stockpile and reuse&#8230; Did you know\u00a0Silica gel is a desiccant, a substance that absorbs moisture?\u00a0Despite its misleading name, the silicate is actually a very porous mineral with a natural attraction to water molecules. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":4102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowledgeweighsnothing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}