I hate wasting things!

Great man..our world needs more people like you..From now on ..I ll try my best to not waste things

I only use the bags from the grocery store to put my trash in. I put food that is no good, dirty diapers and I use them to drain excess grease or gravy in. I just will throw this in the trash can. I don't keep the bags after that. I don't throw away my shopping bags at first, because, I always need them for something. The ones that are badly torn, I will throw away. I do use the plastic bottles so that I can drink out of it by mixing a drink mix packet into an 19-oz or 20 oz bottle of water. I usually will throw away the used egg cartons, I don't have any use for them. It is great that you are using things that empty.

I hate wasting things too. So the first thing I do is think and plan wisely before I purchase anything. I would ask myself if the thing I want to buy is a must, or is just for one time use, or is it possible to be borrowed from friends or relatives. By buying things wisely, I could save my budget and avoid unnecessary waste. I will use my own shopping bag instead of using the plastic bags given by the store or mall. I will use the plastic bag as the garbage disposal bag. Secondly, I will try to reuse whatever thing before throwing them away. I also segregate my garbage properly and dispose them at the nearest recycle center.

Hi freeman You sure are creative! I"m curious now. How in the world do you use egg cartons to make trash cans? What sort of things would you make out of the recycled plastic once melted? It's great that you are looking to recycle! I'm sorry I don't have any cool ideas to offer up but this is an interesting discussion. I have heard of a lady that weaves the plastic bags into door mats and sells them.

I've made 'poop scoops' from the plastic milk bottles that have handles; I use the top end of plastic bottles as funnels or for putting in pots/hanging baskets to water them; grow seedlings in egg cartons; punched holes in empty tin cans and put tealights in; made a mobile from some old pen casings and a demo disk... My mums Church group asked people to bring in items made from recycled materials & they displayed them as part of a thing they did about waste. (I have a photo but, needless to say, it wont upload) We also have good recycling facilities in ourarea. Just a thought - Would the action of melting the plastic down release fumes/chemicals that could be bad for the environment and for your own health?

I also hate wasting things coz some ways it can be useful. And to other people it means a lot to them they can sell it and exchange for money or food...in the other hand they can recycle it to make a new product like newspaper bags, etc....

I don't like wasting things either. I have two kids and I was working at a kindergarten school till a few months back..so I would store these things and use them for craft work at school or for my kids. I have a 'junk cupboard' where I store everything. I recently sorted it out. I'm a committee member at the apartment complex I stay at...and I just found an organization that helps us organize our waste and make use of it. They will provide a receptacle (for a fee) to collect e-waste and they will pick it up every month. The egg cartons, tetra packs, grocery bags and other dry waste can be collected and they will recycle it. The wet waste will be turned to compost with special containers that they will provide and can be used as manure in the garden and green area. They said they would buy the compost if we had more than we needed. This sounded great to me...I'm following it up tomorrow..and hopefully we will get started this month! I usually save all the glass jars we get when we buy jams and pickles and use it for storing things around the house - crayons, pencils, in the kitchen, knick knacks, screws, etc. I was just wondering, how can one make ice with the milk jugs and plastic bottles? How can we take out the ice once it is made?

me too. i hate wasting things! because i'm the kind of person who is much resourcesful with my things. If i have things left from project i want to preserve it through the years like my notebook in school if there's still page i would like to used it for another school year or if we have project i intend not to spend so much money i will look for some idea like being creative. I am more on developing things or make used of things that is already used and to make it new i give more impression to it by putting decorations.

I'm kind of like that, too. I hate seeing things go to waste. I've become a little OCD about recycling- I make sure every paper, box, bottle, piece of carboard, can, etc goes into the recycle bin and not the trash. I have done a couple art projects with big pieces of cardboard- recently I made a cute little house for my cat out of an old box.

I'm not sure if this really helps..My wife makes fertilizer out of biodegradable waste- like fruit peels and stuff.The egg cartons we recycle- we put other eggs in it when we buy more. Or you could make it an art if you want- paint it.

Ooh, I'm such a junk hoarder too. I feel that almost everything can be recycled, so I just keep them and try to think of ways to use them again. Even small scraps of fabric from my sister's dresses, I gathered them and knocked my brains out just to come up with a nice design and I was able to turn those fabric scraps into a beautiful patchwork skirt. I loved that skirt and even friends didn't know that I made it. They thought it was cute and they thought I bought it from the mall or something. When I told them the truth about my skirt, they were amazed. Of course, I was happy that I was able to still make use of stuff that would otherwise just be thrown away by other people.

In the Philippines you don't have to worry with recyclable waste the garbage people are earning a living selling it to buyers. The buyers sell it to recycling outfits.

I use my left over bags to put in my small trash cans for trash.. Not exactly recycling but its a use for them... As for the bottles and milk jugs... You can make redneck flower pots out of the milk jugs just cut off the top and punch holes in the bottom for the water to drain... grab some seeds of whatever you want and there you go... for the soda bottles you can make piggy banks out of them ( don't know if you have kids but it's a good art project)...you can also take your old cans of the same soda and hang them from bottles with fishing line and wala you have a wind chime.. you can also hang your vegie cans like corn green beans and all rhat good stuff. You could save boxes from various things and build a castle with them (if you have kids)... but ya

There are waste material which can be useful for decorations like plastic bottles of softdrinks u can make an art of it which you can gain profit, sell them perhaps or just decor it to your home. But for those waste materials that is not useful or should i say a "junk". Let the garbage collector do the disposal, that's their work.

I don't want any of that stuff sitting around so i chunk it all in the garbage but the plastic bags. I use them in some of my garbage cans. I have no imagination when it comes to doing things like that anyway. Hope u get some good ideas.

It is great that you are recycling things! Personally, I don't have any idea what I could make with refined plastics, so if you have any ideas then please let me know! But I do save plastic pop bottles and grocery bags. The bottles go to the recycling bank, and the bags get reused! Lee.

I totally agree, most people waste way more then just that. They don't care about the environment or anything to keep it clean, wastefulness is cruel and unacceptable...

yeah i understand you...my house got no space anymore for those things..lol we usually just live the waste and wait someone to pick it up...but i have to dispose it properly or else they will not get it... and i also have to use the approriate plastic for those....and it cost a little bit expensive... im throwing money together...hmmm but theres no other way... to dispose it here.