Do you find yourself stuck with a bunch of wrapping paper after the holidays. It’s painful to just watch it go in the trash, isn’t it? What a waste! There are some ways to both reduce your wrapping paper use, and also reuse it again when you’re done. This way, you’re being eco-friendly, and you’re ...
We all use bottled water every day of our lives, but in order to reduce our carbon footprint we need to reuse all of our plastic bottles. In 2010 a study found that if we were to tie all the used plastic bottles together it would stretch across the planet over 3 and a half ...
According to the Clean Air Council, every year U.S. consumers toss out enough plastic and paper cups and flatware to make 300 cycles around the equator. That’s a lot. Recycling is one of the best ways for everyone to have a positive impact on the world in which we live by reducing the amount of ...
I mentioned before that when it comes to recycling I can never think of other ways to reuse the items. Lately, I am coming across some fun ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Here is is part two of my creative recycling tips. 1. Broken candles – Melt them down to make new candles then add ...
Recycling Tips You Will Want to Try I am not a very creative person, especially when it comes to recycling. I stand in front of the recycling bin and ask myself “Could I use this for something else?” but nothing comes to mind and into the recycling bin it goes. However, I came across a ...
When most people think of recycling, they probably think of the standard paper, plastic, and glass deal. If you happen to be one of those people, you should listen up, because it’s actually a little deeper than that. You’d be surprised how many things are reusable these days and usually for unconventional purposes. Of course ...
As a web developer you are probably familiar with this concept: Reusable Code. For some of us (like me) it was pounded in your head throughout school and I have to say it has definitely made my life easier. Reusable Code is just as it suggests: useful code that you can use in many different ...
Green printers are usually certified. They will recycle and reuse all the materials that they can and waste as little as possible. Green printers should also have a way to manage their waste. Their printers will typically be newer because it wasn’t until recently that green printing became a bigger issue. Their inks will be ...
An Old Fashioned Way to Play When I was a kid, I liked to do a lot of arts and crafts, and I learned most of it from my grandmother. During those arts and crafts she taught me ways to reuse my scraps. One of those ways was to make paper dolls and clothing to ...
Why You Should Never Trash Any of Your Work One thing my college professors always told me was to never throw away any of my work, even if I ended up hating the end result. This is because it can be reused later on down the line. This tip is especially useful for you painters ...