Recycle Home Garden
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Turning Your Home Into A Recycling Mecca
We are constantly being told to recycle as much of our waste as we can. plastic containers and cardboard items can be recycled with relative ease as lots of people have separate bins for this stuff or can drop it off at a recycling centre in town. Larger items are another issue however, and we don't really get told what to do with these. Units such as wardrobes and draws and other things like seating and doors too often end up being thrown on the tip and wasted for good. Right now people are not only watching what they spend more, but also concerning themselves with the state of the planet, so here are a few tips to aid home recycling.
Wood. Lots of people are very quick to get rid of their old chest of draws or bookshelf without taking some time to consider if they still have some use. With a little imagination you can make a great coffee table by bolting a 2 or 3 kitchen cupboards together, removing the handles and placing them door-side-up on the floor. If you leave the hinges and doors intact, you can keep the coffee table hollow and use it as storage space as well. You can also use wood to make lots of little things such as door stops and chopping boards and even wine racks
Glassware. Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be an expert in glass melting in order to reuse an old glass.Glasses can be used to pot house plants, store knick-knacks in, and even create feature walls with if you’ve got the time to make it. Glass is a very versatile material to use but people tend to just get unnecessarily scared trying to recycle it.
Furniture. This is one of the hardest things to recycle and I’m not saying that you will be able to make tableware out of your old sofa, but sometimes there is scope to get a few more years out of items you thought were at the end of their life. If items have exhausted their use in the home, they can often be put to good use in the garden.By removing the cushioning and coating the furniture in some protective varnish, most chairs and tables will last outdoors for years. Old curtain poles also come in very useful for attaching a clothes line to, or running cable through to the shed or garage.
TRUE GREEN HOME (National Geographic)
WASHINGTON (Feb. 5, 2009)—Wondering how to make even a small eco-difference at
home? Now everyone can take a step toward green living with the latest
addition to National Geographic's popular **"True Green"** series.
Whether you are purchasing, renovating or just trying to maintain your current
home, **TRUE GREEN HOME: 100 Inspirational Ideas for Creating a Green
Environment at Home** (ISBN 978-1-4262-0399-2; on-sale date: March 3, 2009;
$19.95 tradepaper) is the perfect go-green guide. Simple yet authoritative, it
is an indispensable road map to a green lifestyle. Utilizing the same
straightforward and fresh design of the earlier "True Green" books, this
inspired reference provides 100 simple yet potent ways to incorporate
environmentally friendly living — inside and outside your home. Authors Kim
McKay and Jenny Bonnin believe we can all create a sustainable environment,
and they show us, in a positive, easy-to-implement way, how to start with our
own living spaces.
Each illustrated spread reveals a tip that's practical and manageable and
explains how it will help the environment. Try the kitchen staple of baking
soda and a little water to clean coffee and tea stains. Continue greening the
outside by using native plants to keep pests at ...
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