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 […]
18 Ideas To Reuse Expired Credit Cards
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 […]
Don’t “Dis” the Plastic That Protects Your Pizza
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 […]
Are you Bent About Your Window Screens? Trash to Usefulness!
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. […]
How Would You Reuse Articles That Would Ordinarily go into the Trash?
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 […]