You may have a junk drawer full of them or you may have one in nearly every drawer of your house. Old key chains and key fobs from hobby collecting, trade shows, promotions, etc. eventually tend to create clutter. Here are a few create ideas on what to do with them:

1. Attach one that you can write on (those rubbery kind are good) to your camera or smart phone case with your contact information just in case you lose it.
2. Attach to zippers on bags, tents, children’s jackets, etc. as decorative zipper pulls
3. Attach to your child’s soft sided lunch bag to set it apart from similar.
4. Link together or just add to the end of a pull chain for lights, ceiling fans, etc.
5. Hook one to your suitcase to distinguish it from the others … making baggage claim a bit easier. How cool would you be with the Wolverine key chain below on your bag?
6. If appropriate, remove the chain and the ring and use a children’s toy … possibly a dollhouse miniature.
7. For businesses, hook your company’s promo key fob to laptop, projector cases, trade show banner cases, etc. to ID these items when in transport or at show staging areas.

   

   Great for ID tags

   

   Cool zipper pull!

   
   

   

   ID your lunch box

   

   Super hero your way thru baggage claim!

   
   
   

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Every year BILLIONS of drink pouches end up in dumpsters and landfills across America. TerraCycle, Capri Sun and Honest Kids are working together to put an end to this awful loss of resources. As an eco-friendly innovator, TerraCycle converts the used drink pouches into unique fashion bags, tote bags, pencil cases, and other items for kids and adults! TerraCycle is proud to team up with the largest producer of drink pouches in the country, Capri Sun, and a young organic entry into the market, Honest Kids, to help address this problem! Together with your help TerraCycle CAN make a difference.

The TerraCycle Drink Pouch Brigadeâ„¢ program allows almost any school, non–profit organization or individual to save drink pouches from taking up space in landfills. TerraCycle will donate $.02 for each drink pouch we receive. which will go to the school or charity of your choice. If you don’t have a charity currently in mind, you may choose from a list of existing charities! There are no signup fees whatsoever.

Along with drink pouches TerraCycle also pays you to take many other items such as:

• Stonyfield® Yogurt

• Candy Wrappers

• Cookie Wrappers

• Flavia Fresh Packs

• Chip Bags

• Energy Bar Wrappers

• Bear Naked Bags

• Kashi Packages

• Cell Phones

• Huggies® Packaging

• AVEENO® Packaging

• Scotch Tape

• Wine Corks

• and many more

For more information on how to send you trash to TerraCycle for Cash visit their website at www.terracycle.net

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This tutorial shows how to transform all of those plastic grocery bags you have lying around into a really cool reusable tote.  By fusing bags together a durable plastic fabric is created that can be sewn into a really trendy tote. Made: A Creative Collection will show you how to create your own custom bag that can be used for just about anything once you master the art of ironing plastic there are endless possibles for what you can create.  We are showing a grocery tote here but if you get those creative juices flowing you may come up with other great uses for this plastic fabric, so grab that pile of bags and get sewing.

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In looking for ways to save money, mom entrepreneur, Tina Beatty came up with the first designs for her new line of reusable snack packing  gear — Eco Lunch Gear.

The designs are fresh looking and extremely easy to use. While hand washing will extend their life the best, you can also toss them in with the regular kitchen towels and they’ll keep on working for you.

RecycleChicken staff have been reviewing them and find them even better performers than expected. They’re fun, they’re easy and best of all they’ll save you money!

Save money, wrap and reuse!

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YAVA Glass is creating drinking glasses made out of glass soda and beer bottles for resale.  There are many different brands, sizes, and colors and most of them have a charming vintage look to them.  YAVA also has coasters, spoon rests, and jewelry all made from recycled glass soda, beer, and liquor bottles.

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