Repurposing Stuff

zat cute or what?

Calypso Jones wrote:I use bread tags to hold my tape end.



bread tags have lots of uses.

That's a good one as you can lay the roll flat.

I recycle everything that is recyclable!

Every bit of plastic that's ever been made is still in existence and I don't want to be a part of leaving that legacy to my kids/grandkids.

We have recycle bins for everything so I clean out plastic containers and recycle them. Same with any plastic parts, bags etc. Paper, cans, glass and cardboard too.

Calypso Jones wrote:I use bread tags to hold my tape end.



bread tags have lots of uses.

I just roll over the last 1/2 an inch of tape onto itself

I usually do that too but sometimes it wraps back onto the roll while I'm trying to cut it and if it's clear tape it's annoyingly hard to find the end again.

Calypso Jones wrote:zat cute or what?

Most here in NZ are made from cardboard these days so will only last the length of the loaf

vege57 wrote:

Calypso Jones wrote:zat cute or what?

Most here in NZ are made from cardboard these days so will only last the length of the loaf

Same here.  The less plastic the better and they can give you a nasty pinch.

i don't recycle. Used to.   And then i watched the guys that pick up the garbage and the bins throw my recyclables in the garbage truck because the recycle guys truck was full.  PLUS they also busted the necks off glass bottles if i  had a cap on it and left it in my pick up spot.    THEN The VDOT guy one day threw his beer bottle out on my property.   there were a couple violations there that i won't go into.    This stuff goes out and it costs us.  we're not helping anybody.

here's what i WILL do.  I cut up those 6 pack holders..you know...the plastic ones that can catch small animals and kill them.  I pick up trash and p ut it where it belongs.  I try not to waste things and if i can use it for something else i will.  I DO NOT LEAVE semi attached metal can lids to the can because an animal will put his head in it to get any food bits and then become trapped and die or cut their necks.  Do you do that??   i don't use masks and then discard them just anywhere like many other people do....i see them lying in parking lots all over the place and these will end up in the ocean.   I DON"T drop tons of garbage in the ocean at 3am from a cruise ship.  I DON"T release raw sewage at 3am in the morning like niagara falls does so that the tourists don't see it.

Plastic will deteriorate faster than you think it does out in the weather. You can test that for yourself.

Do you think Pelosi recycles?  how about the white house?  WHY when the whole thing is sketchy and questionably profitable or of any benefit...do 'they' push this concept onto US??

https://planetrenewed.com/7-reasons-why-recycling-is-bad/

If recycling is so damn good...then why do the things manufactured and sold to the public NOT recyclable..not even FIXABLE...and so expense TO repair that it is more cost effective throwing it in the trash and purchasing a new one.