Saving+and+Reusing

Saving and Reusing

By njchocolatelover 

=**The scary truth about what happens to our trash! :-O** =

A simple way that can save our planet tremendously from being completely taken over by our pollution and trash, is reusing things instead of throwing it into a landfill where it will stay for many years.

Nobody truly knows just how long a glass bottle stays in a land fill before it is completely broken down. 1 million years? 2 million? We don't know for sure because no one has tracked this for long enough, but we do know that it stays there for a really, really long time.

Most soda and water bottles are composed from polyethylene terephthalate, which has a hard time decomposing in landfills. Even the newer plastic water bottles are not as easily biodegradable as they are advertised.

The most eco-friendly water bottle is not plastic, but one that is reusable. If everyone had a reusable water bottle, like the one shown above, we could save billions of plastic water bottles from being thrown into landfills.  Ways to Reuse Plastics


 * Refill your plastic water bottles more than once
 * Buy reusable water bottles to fill instead of using a disposable plastic water bottle
 * Use reusable plastic containers instead of disposable plastic bags
 * Buy gallon sized juice containers and use reusable containers instead of buying individual juice boxes
 * Purchase a container for sandwiches which will decrease the amount of plastic bags being thrown away each day
 * Reuse plastic baggies

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Those are just a few of different ways you can decrease how much plastics you throw away each day!!!!  <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Turn off the <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">lights <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(37, 24, 35); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><--- (highlight) When you leave a room turning off any lights that are still on will decrease the amount of energy we use.

Also, before you leave your home or stop using something unplugging things out of their electrical outlets can save a lot of energy. Keeping things plugged in, even when not in use, is still using energy.

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6 Ways to Waste Less (Energy)- Time Magazine
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 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A. C. coil
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ultra Capacitors
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Triple Layer Glass
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Placing heating/cooling equiptment in sealed and insulated attics
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">LED street lamps

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<span style="color: rgb(241, 34, 34); font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Re- <span style="color: rgb(238, 47, 47); font-size: 250%;">purposing <span style="font-size: 220%; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Ideas ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(241, 34, 34); font-size: 110%;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="color: rgb(241, 34, 34); font-size: 110%;">
 * <span style="color: rgb(241, 34, 34); font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can re-purpose the plastic containers normally used to hold mini muffins to hold jewelry. <span style="font-size: 156%; color: rgb(0, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Helpful Hint: <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Make sure to wash it out first!! :)
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Peter says you can reuse //Altoid// mint containers for oboe reed cases. You can also use them to store smaller things like paper clips or staples on your desk.
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can also use Altoid cases tohold candles, I-Pods and MP3s
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Peter also built his own I-Pod speaker out of an Altoid container and airplane headphones!
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kimmy says you can reuse kool-aid pouches to make your own lunchboxes.
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can use used milk jugs or plastic water bottles to start growing your plant seeds!
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can repurpose old forks to make card holders. take some clay, and mold it to a shape which will support a fork enough so it can stand. Dry it with the fork in place. When it's finished you can paint it to make it decorative!!:)
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