Safe disposal of knives

I tape up the blades so they are no longer sharp - electrical tape normally - and if there is a small sharp point usually stick a cork on the end as well. I wouldn't want anyone handling the bags at some point to get cut. Then stick them in the black refuse bags. If there were a lot I would probably take them straight to the tip and ask them what they wanted me to do with them.

Does anyone know of a good way to sharpen knives? I bought a sharpening stone which doesn't seem to work. And one of those sharpeners that you pull the knife through. That doesn't work either.

I've got a drawer full of blunt knives, help!

How about giving them to one of the organisations that set up people starting off in their first homes with no equipment? A lot of churches are involved in this, or know other organisations running such schemes. Readymade food is an expensive way of eating, but it is very difficult to do any real cooking without a sharp knife.

Wrapp the blades together with sellotape or, better still, gaffer tape and put in metal skip at the tip.

That's useful to know, Riverwalk, thank you. I have a boxful of blunt knives that I keep wondering what to do with. I've never been able to sharpen them successfully although I remember my father doing so somehow.

I put metal knives in the recycling bin wrapped in newspaper

Last year I asked our refuse collectors and was told to wrap the knife well in newspaper and put in the bin with the normal rubbish.