20 things you didn't know you could recycle
From sandwich bags and bras to Crocs and crayons, thereâs a whole lot more than bottles and cans that can be recycled.
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good god if this works will someone let me know?!
An easy (and fun) way to reuse old maps is to use them as gift wrap.
(Photo via a Wooden Bee Pinterest board.)
Making use out of chipped and otherwise harmful and useless mugs. Great for gifting and a kitchen herb garden. Don’t forget to drill a hole in the bottom!
DIY recy-can vase via Momtastic
Brilliant! And a great addition to the “beverage carton-repurposing” idea file.
Spotted on Facebook, on the Grow Food, Not Lawns community gardening page here. (If you’re aware of the original source, please tell us — I wasn’t able to track it down.)
Other garden-related ideas can be found in earlier Unconsumption posts here and here.
“Gardening with repurposed objects” is a recurring theme here on Gardens in Unexpected Places.
Today, I’m pleased to add this item to the mix: a boombox garden.
A pretty good new use for a dead boombox, isn’t it?
(spotted on EcoSalon)
(via unconsumption)
I always enjoy coming across reuse ideas on sites where I don’t expect to find such things … like Buzzfeed! But this post about what to do with pizza boxes is pretty cool:
So you can’t recycle them and they don’t fit in your trash can. Earn a few extra karma points with the earth by making these practical projects.
Here they are: 15 Awesome Things You Can Make With A Stupid Pizza Box
(via itscandidlycara)
Everyone is familiar with the vending machine that spits out a can of coke or a bag of Skittles.
However, if you like cold, hard cash better than the cold, hard candy, here is another dispenser you might be interested in - the Reverse Vending Machine, which rewards users coins in exchange for their empty plastic bottles.
Too wicked, that’s a reward system people can get behind!
