Did you know that an average person generates about four and a half pounds of waste every
day?
In fact, studies show that most of the things we buy get trashed within six months, this
includes waste products coming from food and everyday household items.
With the amount of global waste increasing at an alarming rate, we'd have to dump our
trash and other planets pretty soon.
Recycling is one of the best ways to help reduce global waste.
Let's help the planet with these 20 amazing new uses for used everyday items.
Number 20: Old Newspaper.
While many believe that newspapers are a thing of the past.
Lots of people still prefer reading news on print media.
If you're one of these people, you might want to keep your old newspapers for future use.
Firstly, they're great for shipping items and wrapping gifts or delicate items.
One use you may not have considered is stuffing them in your shoes or lining the bottom of
your refrigerator with them.
Since they effectively soak up moisture.
They'll not only dry out your items, but also keep your refrigerator odourless.
Also wrapping fruit will enhance ethylene gas concentration.
Which means that newspapers are useful for speeding up the ripening process of fruits
like bananas and tomatoes.
Just wrap them individually and leave them out at room temperature.
Number 19: Old Makeup Brush.
You have an old makeup brush, all right!
Maybe the guys don't.
But anyways, before you trash it, try to use it for cleaning dust out of your computer
keyboard.
Most makeup brushes have fine tips, making it a great tool for cleaning small and hard
to reach places.
Number 18: Pool noodles.
Pool noodles are cheap and most people often trash them after getting worn out.
Before you do that, you might want to breathe new life into these things.
Pool noodles can be used as boot stands to keep your boots nice and tidy.
If your kids often fall out of bed, place a pool noodle under a sheet to act as a bedrail.
Also, they work really well as protective spring covers on a trampling.
Number 17: Use lotion bottle.
Looking for a sneaky way to hide your valuables.
All you need is an empty lotion bottle where you can put your keys, cell phone money, and
anything of value.
Whether you're at home or at the beach, would be robbers wouldn't think about stealing a
worthless lotion model.
You can try it with any old cosmetics container.
Just obviously make sure it's not transparent.
Number 16: Plastic Bottles.
Plastic bottles are often discarded at home, but before you do that, try to do this simple
life hack.
Clean the empty bottle and remove the bottom part.
Now you have a funnel that you can use for changing oil in your car or storing liquid
products and containers.
Other useful uses include using old bottles as bird feeders, and even making them into
a broom.
Now that's ingenuity at its finest.
Number 15: Toilet Paper Tubes.
They may look simple, but these things have a plethora of great uses.
For example, messy cords and items like pens or a common site in storage boxes.
If you're sick and tired of this mess, you can always make your life better with toilet
paper tubes.
Keep your items organized and tangled free with these things that you often see as trash.
My new favourite use for these tubes is to use them as seed starters to start growing
new plants.
The great thing is you can just plop them into the ground or a larger container, when
it's ready to plant.
The toilet roll will break down into the soil and be overcome by little plant roots in no
time.
Number 14: Pringles Can.
Who doesn't love Pringles?
it’s a great snack for all ages.
And you can still keep leftovers fresh with its container.
If you love to cook pasta and empty Pringles can makes a good storage space for spaghetti
noodles.
Number 13: old lipstick.
Before you dispose old broken lipsticks, put them into good use by turning them into lip
balm.
Scoop up the rest of the lipstick and put it into a microwave bowl.
Add in a tablespoon of cocoa or Shea butter and melt everything in the microwave for a
few minutes.
This amazing hack will prevent chap or dry lips.
Number 12: Tissue Boxes Having a problem with messy plastic bags in
your kitchen.
In an empty tissue box and use it for storing grocery and plastic bags.
Aside from having a mess free kitchen, you can also have a plastic bag dispenser that
you can use, the next time you visit the grocery store.
Number 11: Old Credit Cards.
Did you know that credit cards make excellent guitar picks?
These cards are not as flimsy as cardboards, and they're not as hard as metal sheets.
Aside from using scissors, you can make guitar picks out of these cards with specialized
guitar pick cutters to.
Number 10: Old ketchup bottles.
Everyone loves the pancakes in the morning.
Make pancake, making less troublesome with the use of ketchup bottles.
Before you throw them out, clean these bottles and use them as pancake batter dispensers.
Number 9: Tic tac containers If you're having problems with storing small
items in a box you can use tic-tac containers to keep hair clips, pins, and buttons.
Nice and tidy.
Number 8: Shoe holders Shoe holders, do wonders and organizing stuff
at home.
In fact, you can even use them as car organizers.
Say goodbye to a messy car with this amazing organizing hack.
Number 7: Old Toothbrush Keep your corn hair free with the use of an
old toothbrush.
It also makes a great cleaning tool for other household items like shoes, bathroom tiles,
and kitchen appliances.
Just don't use the same toothbrush for cleaning your teeth and the dirty stuff in your house.
Remember to sterilize the toothbrush before cleaning food products.
Number 6: Old Mouse Pad Old mouse pads can be used as a trivet, if
you don't have one.
They are great insulators of heat.
Keeping your coasters nice and clean.
Just don't use one that has a plastic surface.
Make sure that the mouse pad is made out of rubber materials.
Number 5: Old Cork Are you getting annoyed with the noise coming
from kitchen drawers?
If you are, all you need to do is find an old cork.
Slice them into thin pieces and stick them behind the doors of kitchen drawers.
Have a noise free kitchen with this simple cork hack.
Number 4: Use Straw To prevent flowers from getting soaked in
water.
Get a used straw and use it as a stem extender.
Go for transparent or any coloured straw that goes perfectly with the flowers or vase you
have.
Number 3: Shower, Curtain Hooks.
Are you tired of bent hooks in your wardrobe?
This is probably because you're always hanging heavy objects.
If you need to hang heavier items such as bags or purses, try to use shower curtain
hooks.
They're mostly made out of thicker metals that don't bend so easily.
Number 2: Muffin or Cupcake Tin.
This is another way to organize items and storage boxes or drawers.
If you have muffin or cupcake tins that can't be used for cooking anymore, make them useful
for storage purposes.
Kraft lovers will definitely love this ingenious way of storing and organizing items.
Number 1: Old CDs and CD holders CDs are becoming extinct.
If you have old CDs lying around, you can help save the environment by turning them
into cool coasters.
Cut pieces of paper or fabric, and put them on each side of the CD.
Now you have a cool looking coaster you can use at home.
As for old storage solutions for CDs.
Why not use them to store food instead, bagels, for example, fit perfectly inside the CD holders,
which will pack neatly into any lunchbox.
Do you have new ideas to reuse old and used everyday items?
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