Recycling

Most recycling centers don’t accept shredded paper. If you shred as part of your work at home or for personal privacy, here are some ways you can reuse that shredded paper.

Who knew there were so many clever uses for dryer lint? You can make paper mache crafts, recycle used paper into beautiful handmade paper, make clay for the kids’ art projects, and even make it into fire starters.

Wax paper is wonderful stuff. Even though plastic wrap is more popular these days, there are many things wax paper just does better. Read on for 5 things to do with wax paper.

How are you supposed to handle medication disposal? Throw it in the trash? Flush it down the toilet? Mix it with kitty litter and throw it away in a plastic bag? What’s the real scoop?

Before you rip into opening presents, remember that you can repurpose used gift wrap (and boxes) before recycling them. Check out these 12 ways to repurpose gift wrapping paper.

If you’re trying to avoid creating more plastic waste, these tips will show you how to use less plastic around your food and beverages. With just a few small lifestyle adjustments, you can easily avoid most plastic.

Prescription medicine bottles typically can’t be recycled in the US (I’m not sure about other countries). So what if you could find some ways to reuse old medicine bottles before tossing them?

Before you throw out those old pantyhose, there are actually quite a few ways you can re-use them – from planters to crafts to toy repair.

What can you do with a used dryer sheet? Well, first of all: use it again. You can reuse dryer sheets quite a few times before they lose their effectiveness or scent. But after that, there are still quite a few useful things to do with used dryer sheets.

There are a lot of uses for coffee filters around the house. Some of these uses are for new filters (buy them as cheap as you can) and others are for used coffee filters.