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What Can Be Reused Before It Goes in the Bin?
When we think about recycling, we often think about putting something in the correct recycling bin. That is important, but there is another question worth asking first:
Can this be reused? Reuse can take many forms:
- A glass jar can become a container.
- An old tin can become storage or a planter.
- A wooden box can become a display piece.
- Old fabric can become something useful.
- Broken toys can provide interesting parts for another project.
- Old buttons, keys, screws and washers can become materials for artwork.
Even something that is no longer useful for its original purpose may still have plenty of life left in it.
I collect many of these sorts of things for my upcycling projects. I like the unusual things most because they often become the details that give a creation its personality.
The important thing is that reuse doesn’t have to mean turning everything into art.
- Sometimes it is simply using something again.
- Sometimes it means repairing it.
- Sometimes it means giving it to someone who can use it.
- And sometimes it means taking it apart and saving the useful bits.
You can purchase my recyled creations in my Made It Shop
Before deciding something is rubbish, it can be worth asking:
Is there another use for this?
It is a small question, but sometimes it leads to a surprisingly good answer.
King from dentanARTS Handmade Creations
Some wonderful recycling and up cycling tips King! I am definitely with you in your quest to find uses and give new life to items that no longer serve their original purpose. Keep doing what you are doing and inspiring others to do the same. Your up cycled robots are so fun and creative 🙂
Thank you so much for your lovely comments! It is a great feeling to save something from landfill.
Oh what marvellous ideas for things we might think are rubbish! Sometimes I get so stuck on how to reuse something – so these are so helpful!
Your creations always bring such joy to me whenever I see them (and my hubby loves them!).