My son came home from a birthday party with a little green mesh bag of candy. What was I going to do with this mesh bag? It is too tiny to hold much and anything that is tiny would slip right out the holes. However, as of late, I have been trying to think of [...]
Reuse Tips
Photo by permission of peretzpup With Mother’s Day fastly approaching, what would be nicer than a flower arrangement with a shiny Mylar Balloon inscribed with the saying, “Number 1 MOM?” How about your Memorial Day or 4th of July party? Mylar balloons just add to the festival attitude. Just name the celebration, and there are [...]
Updated: 12/20/2011 How many of us catch lunch or dinner when we can? Are you driving up to the drive-in window more than you like to due to a hectic job, children with multiple activities or caring for family members? Does the person at the other end of the microphone recognize your voice? Sadly, the [...]
Photo by Mike Martin Wong How many of you have expired credit cards that either sit in your drawers, or you have cut up and thrown in the trash? These plastic wonders that allows us to say “charge it” can sit in our landfills for a very long time. Is there another way to reuse [...]
Did you ever wonder what that plastic piece in the center of your pizza was called? It is called a package saver, and it helps prevent the box from damaging the pizza. According to an article on About.com, it was invented by Carmela Vitale of Dix Hills, NY, receiving a patent on this device in 1985. So, what does this [...]
I wrote an article asking Green Talk readers “How Would You Reuse Articles that Would Ordinarily Go in the Trash?.” I have only received one response, although a good one. My reader suggested using yogurt cups for planting seedlings. I decided to make a page entitled “Readers’ Reuse Tips” on my website for multiple responses. [...]
I thought it would be fun to create a page where everyone can post how they reuse “stuff” that would ordinarily go into the trash. I will go first. How many of you visit fast food places? Come on, be honest. Wendy’ s is actually one of my favorite places. With four kids participating in [...]
