Over the course of a weeks time, we can accumulate a lot of trash in our kitchens. While garbage is not happen to a topic which anyone
loves to talk about, getting ways to keep the waste at minimum or reusing some
of the products can have a positive impact on your wallet, reduce your carbon
footprint and is ecofriendly. Here are five great kitchen recycling ideas that you should try.
1.
Reuse
the plastics for planting and storage
Those
plastic containers that are used to deliver milk, soft drinks, and drinking
water can be used as storage containers for small items such as crayons, clothing
pegs, pencils and can be used to store some of your herbs that are wrapped in paper. They can also be cut
on top and used to plant your flowers and herbs in your backyard.
2.
Use
wine bottles for decorations around home
Wine bottles can make great decoration stands.
Some can be used as vases for planting flowers to use as centerpieces in the
living room while others can be used as candle holders. Wine bottles also make
good wall hangings. Large wine bottles can be used as stands for low lying
coffee tables in the living room.
3.
Make
toys from used containers
Forget buying toys from stores and create your
own toys from used plastic containers and soft drink cans. You can make
everything from containers such as dolls, cars, kites and so much more. Most
of these toys do not require any special skills to create and you will make the kids
happy while also taking care of the environment.
4.
Use
organic waste to grow vegetables in the backyard
Use the organic waste from the kitchen as fertilizer for your kitchen garden. With this composted waste, you can eliminate having to buy
chemical fertilizers from the stores. You can bury waste as it is or creates a
compost pit where you make compost manure. If you do not have a garden, you can
make one using plastic gallons and sacks.
5.
Use
energy drink cans to create cookie molds
Cut the
soft drink cans to create different shapes that you can use to make all different kinds of shapes for your cookies. The cans are easy to cut into shape with a pair of
scissors and can be joined with glue. Be innovative and come up with all kinds of shapes
with the cans.
When you look for
ways to recycle kitchen waste or living room waste that ultimately ends up in the kitchen, you are helping to keep the world green. You can start today reducing, reusing and recycling in your kitchen and have lots
of fun when doing it.
