The Mess We Made

Okay, there is a lot of stigma around re-gifting, but it is a lot better than throwing out a gift and buying a new one. It can be really great when the re-gifted present is perfect for the lucky recipient. Now that useless (to you) item becomes someone else’s treasure.

Re-gifting is the perfect way to recycle and it saves you money, too. Make sure the person you re-gift to is not the original gifter or somebody they know, because then it becomes awkward.

What! you would think reading the title of this post but it is true.

I don’t use my normal plates at the moment but eat from paper plates they are so easy no dishes and you can just trow them out when I am done.

OK that of course is not completely how it goes but it is close.

Normally I would not buy paper plates to eat from but I accedently ran in to a bunch of paper plates that where gone be thrown out by the store because they where not able to sell them any more. So I choose to take them home give them a use of plate then rinse them and maybe use them again and then put them in the paper recycling.

You see being good for the planet does not automatically mean that you can’t do things that sound so wrong in the first place.

Yes, Halloween is almost here, so we’re seeing more and more decorations go up.

This year, maybe we don’t have to buy the newest blow-up decoration for the lawn. The one from last year or the years before will still do. If you need to have something new, have you tried making something yourself? There must be lots of great stuff around the house that you can transform into Halloween decorations.

When it’s time to carve your pumpkins, try to use the insides as well. If you don’t know how, then check this recipes page for some ideas. You can make anything, from jam to muffins to soup

Then there are the costumes. I know yours needs to be better than those of your friends. But do you really think buying a factory-made costume from the store is the best way to stand out?

Try making your costume yourself and impress your friends with your creativity. In particular, kids should be encouraged to make their own costumes, because their young minds are still bursting with imagination, and the expensive store-bought costume certainly won’t fit next year.

If you can’t make your own costume, go to a secondhand store. You’ll often find a huge section of costumes, or separate pieces that can go together to make a great Halloween character.

I hope you gave this post a good read, and I hope it’ll inspire you to do something. We don’t want all that extra stuff to end up in the landfills after the celebration is over. If you’re sick of your old costume, a thrift store will be happy to take it.

I was walking around one day an ran in to this car.

It looks like it will drive much any more but what a way to recycle it. The car is just parked on the side of the road and is fill with plants. Even the inside serves as a greenhouse for tomatoes.

So if you are in need of a vegetable garden and don’t have that space have a look at an old pickup truck and just fill it up with dirt and you are ready to go.

Why do people just keep trowing their trash on the road?

Yesterday I was walking around town and there it happened some one just walking around and there went the garbage just being thrown on the ground. Is it so difficult to keep it with you to you pass a bin?

The place would be such a cleaner place if we all would just put our trash in a bin and then less animals would get sick or trapped in the stuff we trow around.

And if we would recycle the garbage on the street then it would be even better. How often do I see plastic bottles or pop cans in a park? YES to often just a waste of great recources.

We all go to the fastfood places once in a while or get a coffee on the go.

But what happends to all those paper cups that end up living in your car?

I thought about this and got a bit disapointing everytime I disposed them in a garbage bin.

So now I recycle them. They seem like carboard to me so what I do is I drop them in the carboard recycling bins at the Recycle centre.

And if you worry about bugs enjoying them to much then I have a little tip for you.

Just put a little bit of water just 1 cm or so and then put the plastic top on and turn it around and the cup is kinda cleaned and will not attract the little bugs.

So now I am building a stack of papercups at home ready for my next recycle run!

Most of us recycle paper and glass bottles and then there is a smaller part of us that also brings the metal cans to a recycling point.

But what about plastic bags?

You know that at lots of locations they accept plastic bags?

For instance here in Calgary (Canada) the recycling dropoff points accept plastic bags and they don’t limit it to just the shopping bags but you can recycle all kind of plastic bags like bread bags, sandwichbags, clothes bags and even bubble wrap. They don’t accept things like chips bags but still there is enough plastic going around that they accept and this way we can keep it out of the landfill and they can reuse it for something usefull for us.

Come on people recycle we have to!

You know many of us take the electronic hotel keys home where they then eventualy end up in the garbage because what can you do with them at home anyways?

If you would just give it back to the hotel when you left then they could and would reuse them and that way less bad plastics and magnectic strips end up in the garbage pile.

You know my nose is not the best one and that means that i need to wipe it often in a day.

And that makes another interesting discussion point doesn’t it

What is better the good old hanky or one modern tissue? Most of you automatically will say tissue because that way you trow out the germs and you don’t spread any viruses. BUT if you think a little bit about that it also means that you don’t get a very strong immune system do you? If you would keep the viruses and germs you body would get stronger and knows how to deal with them.

I often still prefer a handkerchief and I have to say that I don’t get sick easily and if i do (happens every so many years) then it is for a very short time and even without any medication.

So if you go from my point then we could save some tree’s and landfill space by not using those tissues so much and go back to a good old hanky that can just go in the laundry.