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Ideas for Everyday Recycling
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Recycling isn't just about bottles, cans and old newspapers. Try these ideas for re-using everyday household items to simply and inexpensively help the environment:

  • Are free address labels piling up in a drawer? Use them on anything you don't want to lose — books you loan out or your office stapler, for example.
  • Use a wire hanger from the dry cleaner to remove static from clothes, running the long side over your pants and between your pants and socks.
  • An empty matchbook makes a great portable sewing kit. Just store a few needles where the matches used to be and wind thread around the cover.
  • Haven't used that jump rope in a while? Use it as an indoor clothesline to store hats or gloves in a mudroom or hall closet. The items will keep their shape, dry faster and be easy to find.
  • A jump rope is also great for tying down items in an over-filled trunk.
  • The cardboard tray of a case of soda makes a great disposable kitty litter box. The plastic that comes attached to the cardboard will keep the tray from leaking.

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