Articles tagged “Plastic Bags”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Recycle Plastic Bags into Yarn By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 15 2008 Here's another way to recycle your plastic bags: Snip them into strips you can crochet or knit into chicer shopping bag. + READ MORE

Teach Kids to Bring Their Own Bag By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 26 2008 Illustration credit: Gary Currant/Penton Kids Press, used with permission Help your child ditch the disposable-bag habit, before it even begins, by picking up My Bag and Me! To help your child tip the ecological scale, the book includes a reusable Tyvek bag just like the one in the book, so your ankle-biter can tote it + READ MORE

Compost Your Pet's Poop By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 28 2008 American dogs and cats create 10 million tons of waste a year, and no one knows where it's going, Will Brinton, a scientist in Mount Vernon, Maine, and one of the world's leading authorities on waste reduction and composting, was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle as saying. You can compost the poop-just don't use... + READ MORE

Bring Your Own: Workplace Essentials By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Jan 18 2008 Unless your commute just requires going across the hall to the home office, going to work every day requires a commute (by bike, if you can). Don't forget a plate (for easy reheating later) and some real flatware, so you don't have to partake of the disposable plastic your favorite take-out place always piles on you. + READ MORE

Plant a Fern, Remove Arsenic From Your Soil By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 6 2007 Certain varieties of fern have developed a taste for arsenic-the murder weapon of choice during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as well as in Agatha Christie novels. Lumber back then was primed with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) to stave off insect damage and decay, which is well and good, except that CCA can also... + READ MORE

Green Your Move: Use Recyclable, Reusable Packing Supplies By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 30 2007 Okay sport, you've pared down your possessions to a more manageable number. Rent moving crates: A number of moving companies, such as the Continental Moving Company, Earth-Friendly Moving, and Rent-a-Crate lease out reusable plastic moving crates. + READ MORE

Reuse Your Cereal Box Liner By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 16 2007 What do you do with the waxy plastic bag your breakfast cereal comes in when the box is empty? As long as you don't shove it into an oven or run a hot iron over it, it's an excellent zero-cost alternative to the store-bought kind.Other potential uses: Storing portions of frozen meat, for rolling out cookie dough, as... + READ MORE

Take it Easy: Sloth is Green. By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Nov 15 2007 Art credit: Hieronymus Bosch: The Seven Deadly Sins, Sloth Who knew that putting off today what you can do tomorrow, that being slothful and lazy was so good for the environment. Cut down on your shopping trips: You willn't have to get in your car, find a parking space, deal with the crowds, pull your wallet out, carry + READ MORE

Make Your Own Play Dough By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 8 2007 Sure, the label may say non-toxic, but those funky fumes tell our noses otherwise.Traditional Play Dough 1 cup flour 1 cup warm water 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon oil 1/4 cup salt Food coloring 1. + READ MORE

Discover, Find, Use Compostable Bags and Packaging By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Nov 2 2007 Composting your organic waste (once you've built your compost spinner) is a great way to cut back on your contribution to the waste stream, and extend the usefulness of your used jack-o-lanterns, orange peels, grass clippings, raked leaves and coffee grounds. No problem; the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) has... + READ MORE

Bring Your Own Bag By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Oct 23 2007 This tip is an oldie but goodie: bring your own bag, whether you're making a last-minute dash to the grocery store or you're off on a leisurely afternoon jaunt in the city. Our favorite one-stop shop for reusable totes is the aptly named ReusableBags.com, where you can order heavy-duty grocery bags that fold up just... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Granola Bars By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Oct 19 2007 Why settle for store-bought granola or trail-mix bars pumped full of preservatives-not to mention wastefully individually packaged-when you can whip up a batch of your own, licketty-split? Difficulty level: EasySneaky Chef Grab -n Go Crispy Granola Bars: Makes about 18 bars2/3 cup rolled oats, ground in a food... + READ MORE

Grow Plastic Posies By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Sep 21 2007 If anyone can make plastics bags come up practically smelling or at least looking like peonies, it'd be green DIY guru Danny Seo. Finally, use a sharp pair of scissors to cut a 1/2-inch piece off each end, then fluff out and display your new posy in an interesting container. ::Country Home Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

10 Reuse Solutions for Plastic Bags By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Sep 19 2007 Even the most diligent reusable-tote-carrying greenie eventually gets saddled with a couple of plastic bags that's how insidious these blights upon the environment are. But we've also seen some brain-rattlingly creative ways some people have been squeezing out a second, third, or fourth use out of their plastic bags,... + READ MORE