Reduce and Reuse!

Time to reuse and reduce! Almost everything is reusable so be creative and think of ways that you can reuse. Reducing will crate less trash in our landfills, and almost everything can be reduced as well.

Reuse:

• Plastic grocery bags can be used again for groceries, small trash can bags, and diaper bags. 
• Worn out clothes can be used for rags or quilt squares. 
• Newspaper can be used for wrapping paper. 
• Paper bags can be reused for groceries and are great for crafts. 
• Paper can be used to scrap paper or cut up for notes. Remember to always use both sides!
• Wrapping paper is not always recyclable so reuse it for lining shelves and drawers. 
• Broken pottery and ceramics can be used as mosaic art and be broken up with a hammer for garden paths. It can also be used for the bottom of plant pots for water draining.
• You can reuse boxes for crafts and storage.
• Old socks can be reused for dusting rags.
• A sock without its pair can be decorated and used as an iPod or cell phone case. 

Reduce:

• Buy your groceries in bulk, so there is less packaging trash. Costco is a recommended store that comes in bulk. 
• Instead of using plastic water bottles, use reusable ones.
• Also, instead of using a paper bag to store your lunch, go out and buy a reusable one. 
• For your lunch use plastic containers such as Ziploc, instead of plastic bags. 
• Only prepare enough food to be consumed, to reduce your food trash. 
• Compost! (see composting blog to see what can be composted)

As always, please comment any other ideas for reusing and/or reducing.

:-)

-smellycat33