Please suggest some reusable things.?

Question

Reusable in a useful way.

Answer 1

Cotton hand towels.  I use them do dust the furniture and to  clean with bleach and water.  I also attach them on my Swiffer in place of those expensive disposable pads they sell. The towels get thrown in the wash afterwards.  No trees are being destroyed, less waste and I save money.

Answer 2

Fabric softener sheets.   I add a new fabric sheet every time I use the dryer, but I put the used sheets in the dryer as well.  I throw out all the sheets once I go through the box.  My clothes are much softer than if I just put a new sheet in each time.

Answer 3

I've been saving champagne corks for years to make a chess set.  Someday.

On a more practical basis, I reuse broken mugs and pots in the yard to create lizard and toad habitat.  The spiders use them, too, and unfortunately, sometimes snails.

I save lids of various colors and sizes to use as templates and materials in kids crafts.  If I can't use them, I donate them to a local play center.

2 liter soda bottles can be useful again by adding water and freezing.  Then pop a couple  into your ice chest and voila!  No need to buy ice.

Answer 4

Fabric softener sheets are (and dryer lint for that matter) are also good for stuffing small pillows or other art projects. The pillow is stuffed for free and has a fresh scent.

Answer 5

I keep all my jars that come with the pop lids like pasta jars then when i make soups and things like chili i make allot then i boil the jars and lids and put the chili in them when they are hot put the lids on  and they seal just like new ones . Saves me allot of time cooking it again  and freezer space no waste with the left overs and the flavor seems better after its been caned.

Answer 6

my wife for a start

my car

the gardener

the list is endless

plastic bags

plastic bottles

plastic cups (for a while)

Glass bottles that you fill up again and again is a better idea

and ceramic plates that you wash

Answer 7

Get on board with recent proposals and speak up. Recycled water, when you consider the Green Building move think of the amount of recycled materials there are, such as Plastic, paper, wood, carpet and steel. What we clearly overlooked is the water based products that are used to construct the Green Building: a) Paint, Paint is made with at least 30% drinking water, This is a candidate for replacing with Recycled water. b) How about Simple Green, used in everyday cleaning of a Green Building, simply put, it is 75% Drinking water, another candidate for recycled water c) how about the Vehicles transporting goods every day, everywhere. Anti Freeze is 60% drinking water. The collective savings in these type products represent 1/2 a billion gallons a year of drinking water. This is one of the most precious renewable natural resources we have. Yet, we have failed to integrate it into the main stream of commodity products.

Recycled water quality is monitored and managed by Federal Water quality standards, it has been used for decades to irrigate edible food crops. Make a difference, voice your demands for efficient use of recycled water as a school project and net-work with other schools to move the industrial consumers to do so. It's quite simple, If we don't speak up, they will keep the spigot open until it's too late.  please read this http://www.vitabrewcoffee.com/water.html

Edward Mugits

Answer 8

1.  I no longer buy paper towels.  I tears up throw away clothes (T-shirts mostly) and either hem them or leave them as in for everything I would normally use a paper towel for.

2.  I take old clothes and hand sew homemade gift bags.  No trees murdered and no waste.  Use over and over.

3.  Bread bags and store meat bags (the ones you unroll to keep the package from leaking) I use as freezer bags for proportioned servings.

4.  Wash reclosable baggies in mild soap and bleach water, rinse well, hang dry and reuse over and over.

5.  Wash, dry tin foil and reuse.

6.  Make Christmas Santa ornaments out of blown lightbulbs by glueing cotton balls on with googly eyes and paper santa hats.

7.  Open used up toothpaste or lotion tubes and scrape out what in there.  Usually another few days worth of product you'd normally throw out.

8.  Egg shells in your garden.  Crush, scratch in the dirt.  Plants love the calcium.

9.  Cold coffee to water houseplants.

10.  Cut top off of salt containers, paint or decorate to make free pencil/pen holders.

Answer 9

Plastic shopping bags, computers (ever heard of the Computer Recycling Service?), Cell phones (there's a recycling service for those, too), games and game systems, (trade 'em in for new ones) clothes (you can donate them or sell them), etc.