We all know that we need to recycle as much as possible. But the trouble is sometimes we just don’t have time or don’t feel like taking the trouble to place an item in the recycle bin. It’s particularly harder to get our children and husband to recycle. Men sometimes simply don’t think about those [...]
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Do I need to separate my recycling materials?
We often get confused that we carefully sort out papers and plastic recycles and put them in different bins and then find out that the trash collectors just threw them into their truck without any separation. The question is, do we really need separate the recycles? The good news is, not really. We can put [...]
Use plastic egg containers for children’s paint project
Having to keep grandchildren busy during rainy days, I like to pull out the childrens paints, but you can imagine how messy it can be unless you have an easy way to put different colours of paint in a non spill environment. Well the best thing I have found is the plastic egg containers that [...]
Make your own greenhouse using recycled plastic bottles
Why not make your own greenhouse using recycled plastic bottles. First you need to build a timber frame to the size of the greenhouse you desire, do not forget that you will need to make a frame for a door! Then collect lots and lots of plastic bottles. 2L bottles are ideal and you will [...]
Steps to Recycling a Product
Recycling includes collecting recyclable materials that would otherwise be considered waste, sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials such as fibers, manufacturing raw materials into new products, and purchasing recycled products. Collecting and processing secondary materials, manufacturing recycled-content products, and then buying recycled products creates a circle or loop that ensures the overall success and [...]