The Re-use thread

[genaman]

I went in and order am McGriddle sandwich and a Medium Diet coke.
I got the sandwich It's wrapper A bag a Paper like cup for my drink A straw and a cap for the cup.
Ok How to reuse all?
The wrappers itself could be used to again wrap my own sandwiches
or as a place mat or as a napkin to wipe off my face, or as a gift wrap. I have made small kites with this wrapper and so on and so on.
Now the bag use the bag again to carry your lunch. One year I used the same paper bag for a week then reused it for a litter bag to clean up my auto'd floor under the seats.
The drink cup It is a measuring thing. I used it to sprout seeds like a very small hothouse with cap on. I also planted a cup around my flower bulbs with bottom off.
Those cups make good megaphones if you are going to a game.
The straw ? it ccan again be reused by you . It use in crafts. I used one once to painnt a picture. just by cutting the bottom of the straw into brush like hairs.
I also made straw curins for one window just using old thread annd cutting the straws . When done it resembles a beaded curtin.

oh yes I will reuse yesterday's Mcdonald's surplus. And reall I go to fadst food or any resturant less times a year then the fingers on one hand

Oh, the paper on the straw? that is mostly biodegradible.
Keep On Reusing !
genaman

[krisskringle]

I think art is always the way to go. Take anything and turn it in to art. CD mobiles. Of course you can take old windows and turn them in to cold-frames to extend the season in your garden. You can use CD's to keep undesired birds away from the house and garden. The possibilities are endless. You just have to look at things in new ways.

[annes]

I personally re-use our shoe boxes as storage beans. Instead of going straight them on our trash. We can turn it into decorative storage containers. Just use any colored paper or any decorative adhesive paper to cover the shoe box.

And also came up to this idea of re-using old clothing. We can cut up old clothing to be used for craft projects. Like zipper broken, faded jeans, holes in the knees, etc.We can cut up the material into squares that our kids may use on their craft projects. We can create it into doll purses and teddy bear sleeping bags.

[bonescrub]

I used an aluminum can to make a blade container for my used double edged razor blades.

I turned a can upside down and made about a 1 inch slit in the bottom of the can and poked a hole in the side at the top of the can and drained the cola into a glass and drank it. This way i didnt have a big hole at both ends. The can sits "upside down" now.