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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Creating new objects from used ones, any ideas?
As we all know, today's world is about reusing lots of stuff. From a bottle of water to an old laptop, we can give a new purpose to almost anything we find. If we use a little imagination and are inventive, we could create amazing new things from old ones! If you have an idea, please feel free to post it below!
My family uses old cardboard egg cartons as planter boxes for seedlings; once the plants get big enough, we put them outside and either recycle or reuse the cartons.
That is a great idea! My mom and I do the same thing, we plant tomato seeds and strawberries and then put them in bigger pots. We are planning to make a terrace garden someday 
thanks for your feedback! x N
A household item you can reuse for a good purpose is foil. You can put it behind plants in the shade to reflect light onto them. It's good because you can grow your own vegetables and reuse at the same time!
My family likes to reuse sour cream or Parmesan cheese containers to bring food to school or work. I love bringing leftover pasta to school for lunch and it's really nice to use an old Parmesan cheese container to hold it. I think that most food containers can be reused and people should not throw them away after simply one use! Also, you can easily re purpose plastic bags for many uses including holding food or even picking up dog poop. In the area where I live, most stores no longer use plastic bags, instead they use paper, but if we ever get a plastic bag, my family makes sure to reuse it for picking up dog poop! Although it may sound gross, it is a very good way to repurpose things that should be used more than once.
Hi, Im Juan Luis Zepeda from Guatemala. I wanted to say that I think we already have creative ways to recycle. I reuse all my plastic bags for food, of course they are washed, also I reuse my plastic bottle. People do not need creative ways, they need to know the importance of recycling. Everything we throw it is going to rivers, underground, oceans, etc. We are the cause of our own extinction we just need to change our way to think.