For 5 items, made from different materials, suggest possible
re-use and then various options for recycling in either the home or community.
Reuse - Glass bottles are reused as
food/spice storage containers, drinking vessels, and measuring standards
(cooking and rain gauges). Bottles can later be used in cob construction to
allow different colors of light to illuminate a room. Bottles can also be used
to create an alarm to deter garden pest (rabbits). Recycle - Crushed and uncrushed glass can be used as an insulator in a cob oven or rocket stove. Crushed
glass can be used for mosaics.
Reuse - Plastic/wooden fruit crates
can be reused as stands for small printers, storage for socks and other under
garments. The crates can also be used to sift soil or sand. The crates can be
reused at your local farmer’s market. Recycle - The plastic can be
recycled with your local sanitation company.
Reuse - Toothbrushes can be used to
clean tough areas in the bathroom or kitchen. Recycle - After the bristles
are worn, the body of the toothbrush can be used as a math manipulative or
resource for arts and crafts.
Reuse - Wooden broom handles be used
as the limbs of a scarecrow or roosting bars for chickens. They can also be
used as trellises. Recycle - They can also be cut to be used as
measuring sticks. After they are too weathered to be reused, they can be used
as kindling or markers in a garden. They can also be chipped into mulch or
bedding or animals.
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