If you’re interested in joining Cardella in our sustainable upcycling efforts, check out the following tips for repurposing your old household clutter.
1. Save cardboard TP and paper towel tubes to tidy your computer, phone and television cables. Still have leftovers? Send them to your child’s school for craft projects.
2. Salvage leftovers and food scrapings in an outdoor compost bin. When gardening time comes, composted waste makes powerful (and free) fertilizer.
3. While you may try hard to get off of junk mail lists, chances are you still get a catalog or two. Save them for school projects—or visit Planet Green for tips on turning old catalogs and magazines into bracelets, wallpaper and more.
4. Use plastic grocery bags to pad mailing boxes, cover bicycle seats when it rains or organize frozen vegetables and meats. If you’re crafty, you can even crochet bags into cool grocery totes, laundry room rugs and wallets.
5. Decoupage glass wine bottles and use them as flower vases and candle holders—or if you’re handy with tools, turn them into drinking glasses.
As you get creative with your upcycling efforts, remember to visit Cardella to discover more about how we’re reducing the waste stream, keeping the environment clean—and helping eco-friendly businesses reduce their carbon footprint.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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