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It's very tempting to throw things away or even drop them in a recycling bin when we are done with them. Is there a better way?
Share your ideas for extending the “lives” of the items that we buy and use, and their packaging as well!
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Many times, when something stops working or is no longer functional to the owner, it will be thrown out. However, what if we stopped looking at it as what it used to be, and started looking at it as what it could be? Old clothes, if to tattered to be donated could be turned into a stuffed animal. Used paper could be used as origami. Even plastic can be turned into beautiful flowers. Museums all over the world hold some incredible works made completely from trash. Plastic collected from ocean have been used to make paintings and scrap metal from dumps have been made to make sculptures. Next time before you throw something out, look at it from a different perspective.