Best Recycling Tip?

Question

I am pro-recycling. This weekend I used an old cardboard fruit crate to pack my shopping in (instead of evil plastic shopping bags). Not only could I put the crate in the recycle bin, it kept all my shopping upright in my boot.
Does anyone else have a great recycling tip?

Answer 1

I save all types of packaging and dividers, cups etc. for my grandaughters school art projects. This includes shoe boxes for diaramas.

Run most everything through the dishwasher and toss them into a a box. Any school or home project is easily and creatively done.

I do use the plastic bags and recycle them, they along with lumber chips are made into patio decking.

I use finger tip towels for napkins and in my kitchen instead of heavily using paper towels.

We only buy the select a size paper towels for the truly messy stuff. That lets me use at least half as much.

I love hospital dish pans. They are handy for so many things.

When I leave our subdivision on trash day, it is sickening the things people throw away instead of giving to a charity or selling to someone.

Another tip is when you are ready to lay down new mulch in your flower beds, spread layers of newspaper (save a bunch)
dampen it so it won't blow away then pour on the mulch.

We live in Florida so we drink fluids year round. I love saving infants sox from my grandaughters to slip on glasses and bottled water to absorb the sweat. No rings on the table.

Several years ago I saved Winn Dixie straight sided plastic mayo jars. They are fabulous for clear, one quart canisters for rice, brown sugar, grits, all of the small amounts after something is opened (I tape the label on it). They have screw on lids, so everything stays fresh.

They work perfect in the freezer and the refrigerator along with the pantry.

I have many more but that's all for now.

Answer 2

merely make useful the plastic you recycle is supported by using your community recycling center. no longer all recycling centers recycle all kinds of plastic, so it is good to correctly known what can and can't be tossed into your recycle bin. yet another mandatory component to correctly known once you're recycling is that in case you utilize CFL bulbs, do no longer placed them interior the trash. they're meant to be recycled, because of the fact they have mercury in them and you are going to be able to think of the form of unpleasantness that could upward push up in the event that they began breaking on your trash, so make useful your recycling center seems after those, too.

Answer 3

when i return soda bottles for deposit, i include the caps so they get shredded too. same thing when putting other bottles and cans to be recycled, also include the tops.

I'm lucky i can recycle pressed cardboard such as empty cereal boxes, so any and all of those boxes, no matter what size go, including the cardboard from paper towel and toilet paper rolls.

every little bit helps is my opinion.

Answer 4

hi, so if the cardboard worked...why? did you then bin it? use it again.use bread bags for freezer bags, dog poop collectors.
rubber gloves are great for holding the heads on wriggly brooms and mops- the fingers, slipped over the wooden handle, and the wrist bit opened out is a nifty jar gripper!
old cotton clothes past thrift shop are good to make rag rugs with, takes time but they last for years! then you can use them as a safe mulch when they are past use at the back door.

Answer 5

Start a wormery and use left over foods and vegetable peelings to get lovely compost ...without taking peat from the ever decreasing peat bogs!