Amy
From: "Ann" <auntannies2002@gmail.com>
To: SimplfyMeWithTipsAndHints@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:53:12 AM
Subject: [SimplifyMe] Re: Reutilizing items
Walmart has Mt Olive pickles in the big giant glass jars-they are a foot or more tall. I use these to store my various flours in. If I need a large scoop for things like potting soil, I take a plastic laundry detergent bottle,but the bottom off, and there's my scoop! I use old shower curtains and sheets for drop cloths while painting a room. I live in a rental house with a concrete backyard, so I have to container garden. I use all kinds of things I find for containers such as old broken rubbermaid totes, old plastic trash cans, discarded nursery pots, etc.
Ann
--- In SimplfyMeWithTipsAndHints@yahoogroups.com, "volumetricpipet" <volumetricpipet@...> wrote:
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> I've redesignated my baby bottle brush (she's 7 now) as a narrow glass cleaning brush, and just used it recently to clean out a narrow vase. I also reuse her bottle drying stand as a stand for drying ziploc bags. I use several paper towel cardboard rolls to wrap my Christmas lights and beaded garlands. I use reusable shopping bags as much as I can, but when I do have those pesky grocery plastic bags around I use them for when I scoop the cat litter. My cats are very prolific in the litter box, so I scoop daily and can fill a double-bagged bag in about three or four days. Then I dispose of it. I also use them over and over to pack my lunch and take to work.
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> My Grandma used to use half gallon cardboard milk containers as window bird feeders. She attached bread bag ties to the halved container and made sure it stayed in the window until it degraded enough to get a new one. She fed her birds suet and peanut butter :)
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> Those plastic containers you get at the grocery with buttermilk or half and half, they are good for keeping and packing your own drinks to take to work. However, about once a month, you should clean them very, very well, possibly dunking in boiling water, or maybe in the dishwasher? I don't use my dishwasher anymore. I read that reusing water bottles is ok if you clean them really well, as bacteria can build up over time from normal handwashing.
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> If you have scrap paper, cut it into squares, staple it, and you now have a note pad.
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> If you have household items or clothing you don't need anymore, there are several charities that will come and pick it up. Saves your time and energy.
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> If you're bored, trade board games with friends. Trade DVD's. Trade paperback books, if you don't have an e-reader by now. LOL I don't.
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> Anyhoo, enough for now. Love to hear about people's recycling. Ree
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