Don’t have the yard space for a garden? You can reuse rain gutters to create a lovely herb and salad garden right on the side of your house or garage. Simply attach gutters to a wall, fill with topsoil, and get planting. These gutter planters are perfect for herbs as well as lettuce, and any other vegetables that have shallow roots and don’t spread out too much.
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Welcome to the season of holiday joy, packaging materials and dead batteries!
If you’ve ever wondered where to recycle these items, wonder no more.
RecycleChicken.comis a site, searchable by zip code, that will tell you where you can take anything and everything for recycling and reuse in your area.
Let’s search for how to reduce our waste this holiday season. RecycleChicken has recycling/reuse locations for the following holiday items:
- Christmas lights: You can recycle those burnt out incandescent lights. LEDs are all the rage these days.
- Scotch tape dispensers: Yes, tape dispensers!
- Snack chip bags: Recycle your Frito Lay brand snack chip bags after the holiday bowl games.
- Styrofoam: Even the molded stuff! Visit the site to find Bay Area Recycling for Charities and Kalkaska County recycling program.
- Packing materials: We’re talking foam chips, bubble wrap, etc!
- Christmas trees: Find listings for local collection programs. Often times the resulting chips are used on area recreation trails.
- Household batteries: Don’t throw them away. Find recycling locations close by.
- Small appliances: Did you get a new blender for Christmas? You can find a location to take the old one whether dead or alive.
- Cardboard: You know how this stacks up in the garage.
- Sports equipment: Miss the swaps? Take skiing, snowshoeing, skating, hockey equipment to a reuse location.
- Electronics & video games: ‘Tis the season to upgrade your electronic gear and try out the latest technology. Take your old techy toys to a local drop-off location.
Also, please remember your waste hauler when tipping or gifting this holiday season. Did you know that every year, waste handling is ranked among the Top 10 dirtiest and most dangerous jobs? We owe a bit of gratitude for these guys. We’d be in a real pile without them.
Happy Holidays from RecycleChicken!
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Wondering what to do with the cookie tins that are cluttering your corners?
Here are a few fun ideas:
Cookie Tin Organizer
Organized Cookie Tin
Cookie Tin Banjo
Click here for a Banjo how-to.
Cookie Tin Lamp
Cookie Tin Lamps
Find these lamps and more at Crystal Lake Emporium
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How much FUN is this moustache pillow from Loop Loft ?
No wax required
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A RecycleChicken Facebook fan wishing to avoid the landfill asked today what to do with an old T.V. that doesn’t work.
Here are a few ideas to get you started.
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There are the Beatles and there are Beetles. The Beatles are a beloved band from the 60′s/70′s and Beetles are a beloved car from the same period. You recycle the Beatles every time you listen to them on the radio, an old LP or your iPod.
You can recycle a Beetle in a variety of ways. Here are some fun and creative ideas.
If the body is rusty and you want a quick fix, try this fuzzy option, this patchwork beetle, this green as can be beetle, or … how about this conversion that even the Big Bad Wolf couldn’t blow down?
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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:
- 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.
- Attach to zippers on bags, tents, children’s jackets, etc. as decorative zipper pulls
- Attach to your child’s soft sided lunch bag to set it apart from similar.
- Link together or just add to the end of a pull chain for lights, ceiling fans, etc.
- 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?
- If appropriate, remove the chain and the ring and use a children’s toy … possibly a dollhouse miniature.
- 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.
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Got your attention with that one, didn’t we? Well, we’re going to cover several things here. You actually can recycle fish. Here’s what we mean: First, there is the most straight forward form of recycling fish. You have probably heard of the concept of catch and release. There is a website called RecycleFish that encourages catch and release, and … you have to admit … the name is fun. Secondly, if you decide to keep and clean your fish, the guts or remains can be used for gardening. Fish remains when properly composted make a second to none garden fertilizer. Here are some great links for how to properly compost fish remains:
Last, we share with you a number of ways materials have been recycled or repurposed into some crafty fish or fish related items:
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By cutting strips and rolling the fabric you can create a trendy new necklace to wear to work or out on the town tonight. All you need is a t-shirt you don’t mind cutting into strips, and a pair of scissors. Oh, and a little inspiration would be good too.
Greenwala says: Basically, this project requires no expertise — just careful cutting skills.
All you need to do is cut full 1 inch strips off the bottom of your desired t-shirt (after you remove the hem).
Then pull each strip as illustrated above so that the jersey material curls in on itself — this will make the strip much shorter in length.
Repeat the process multiple times so that you end up creating as many strands as you like — the key is to graduate the length of each piece depending on the look that you want to achieve.
Here’s where it gets a lot more fun. Pull out your beads, sequins, charms, buttons…basically any old adornments you have tucked away in your closet and sew the pieces on in whatever manner floats your boat.
Thanks for the great idea Greenwala. RecycleChicken‘s intern will definitely be trying this one out.
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Wooly Bison bags are made from wool suiting as well as other wool clothing. The bags are lined with cotton and straps and closures are aslo made form found or reclaimed items.Â
These bags are all hand made in Seattle, WA and look really cool.Â
Wooly Bison bags range in price from $14 to $145 and are available for sale online at their Etsy store.
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