What sort of recycling and reuse do you do, at your level?
Here's what my list looks like -
1. Good clothes, that one does not wish to wear, are passed on to Staff who are happy to receive and use them.
2. Old, torn clothes are turned into dusters and sundry cloths used around the house.
3. Chipped cups and mugs and bowls become planters.
4. Empty wine bottles become wind chimes.
5. Left over wood pieces were turned into boards and re-modelled as chests and bird houses.
6. Our fur babies' toys, coats and goodies are gifted forward.
7. Empty mineral water bottles are filled up with filtered water and given to Colony Service Staff.
8. Karva Chauth Karvas, Kulfi Matkis and Kulhads become planters.
9. Plastic or glass containers given to staff for their pantry.
10. Bits of left-over soap added to the new soap bar.
11. Water from Water Purifier collected to use in washing bathrooms and patio.
12. Old ladder and an old bicycle turned into pot stands.
13. Old towels are cut down to size to become mop cloths or Kitchen towels.
14. Print-outs and back of bills used to make "To-do" lists or for rough work.
15. Old Tin boxes become a storage box to hold needles and threads or other sundry items.
16. As I am in the process of banishing use of plastic from our home, I have discarded a bulk of plastic
ware from the Kitchen. A lot of those plastic bowls and cups have been used as hanging planters.
This is what another friend - Sumir Narasimhan does at her home -
"I make bags and cushions, etc out of old jeans, sweaters and other clothes.
Empty Wine bottles are used as water bottles at home.
Jam or pickle Jars are used as glasses or fir storing masalas, etc.
Chipped Cups and mugs become planters.
Tin boxes are used for storing knick- knacks."
Do share your ideas? I would love to learn from the novel things you may be doing.
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