1. Have you ever bought a storage bag? You know the ones made to store your clothes, bedding, etc. How about a big plastic tub? Have you ever thought to save the bag your new comforter came in? Come on...they're perfect. And it's one less thing to buy and one less thing to throw away.
2. Do you have an under ware gnome in your home? I do. And when I'm not home he walks around my house wearing my most comfortable bra and panties and only one of my socks. Teach that gnome a lesson! Use that mismatched sock for dusting. ,
3. Buy a real razor. Disposable razors are made to wear out forcing you to throw out the old ones and replace them with new ones. You can break the cycle and get a better shave in the process.
4. Here's a fun way to repurpose. Does your family eat oatmeal? Don't throw out the container when you're done. Instead fill it with flour, sugar, cornmeal, or any other dry good. But, of course, not before you've decorated it first. The same can be done with old coffee cans as well.
5. Don't buy shipping boxes! Instead, look around your kitchen. Cereal boxes, pasta boxes, any food box can be used. And the best part is, you save a trip to the store to buy them!
6. How many nights have you laid awake and wondered what to do with your old dryer lint? Well, those nights are over. Dryer lint is highly flammable. You can stuff it inside empty toilet paper tubes and place it your fireplace (even better take it camping). That's a two for one way to save.
7. One mans trash is another mans treasure. If you have something that is still useful, just not by you, put it on the curb with a free sign. Then sit back and see how long it takes to disappear. You may be surprised. Don't want to lug all that stuff down to the curb? There are many organizations, such as the Salvation Army, who will pick the larger stuff up for you. Or you can go to www.freecycle.org , and enter the name of your hometown. You can then enter your items to be given away to whomever may be looking for....say... and unused refrigerator that is avocado green. You never know.
8. Junk mail is awful! Turn it into something great by shredding it. You can use that shredded paper for shipping packages, to line the bottom of a gift basket, or line the bottom of a bird cage. Don't have a bird?
Then stop the mail altogether. Follow these links to sites that will help put an end to all those fruitless trips to the mailbox. www.optoutprescreen.com or www.dmachoice.org . Or for a fee, 41pounds.org. will take care of just about all your junk mail with one visit the their website.
9. I love magazines. I have hundreds of them and they need to go...but not in the trash. Did you know your local library takes them? Most libraries have tables set up for patrons to leave old magazines on. And it's a great place to find the latest issue of whatever magazine you usually spend five bucks on.
10. And the best way to recycle, reuse, or repurpose... teach your kids to do it! Remember, we do not inherit the earth from out parents but borrow it from out children.
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