Everyday things you can easily reuse at home

Everyday things you can easily reuse at home

By Dr. Kyle Muller

Reuse the daily products or objects that are wearing or simply stop serving us after using them only once is an ecological gesture that is also useful to us, while saving us good money. In this article we will review some of the practical uses that we can do with things of the day to day before turning them into waste. Not surprisingly, extending the useful life of the objects or products we use is an easy and practical way to take care of the planet and also our pocket.

In ecology, we present you 10 everyday things that you can easily reuse at homebut that are just an example of how much we can do in our home or workplace to extract all possible juice from everything that admits a new use or utility.

Coffee remains

Indeed, the Coffee remains or poses They are a real wonder to reuse in the gardenfor cosmetic purposes or for daily cleaning. For example, mixing coffee remains with very hot water we can get the water better in the sink, and rubbing them we will deodorize the hands and other surfaces such as the refrigerator.

It will also help us to degrease pans, shine to surfaces resistant to scratches or, daring to all, will be very effective to make us a Body peel with anti -cellulite effect due to its caffeine content.

Tooth brushes

Either the traditional toothbrush or the replacement of an electric brush, we can use them to improve the house cleaning. We will save on scratches and we will end at the moment with the embedded dirt, from the sole of the shoes or any corner of difficult access. In addition, they are very easy to clean once used for home cleaning, as well as disinfect when necessary, to continue using them.

Everyday things you can easily reuse at home - toothbrushes

Reuse water

The Water reuse provides endless possibilities from the plant irrigation Until its use to wash the car, fill the humidifier deposit, add it to the aquarium or, for example, Clean different objects.

Pick up rainwater With barrels of water or simply putting cubes to fill when it rains it is simple and very beneficial for plants. We can also help them grow if we water them with cooking water in which we have cooked vegetables.

And, of course, if when the plants water the water accumulates on the plate, we use it again to water another plant. We can also recycle the water we use in the shower or in the sink, provided they do not contain detergents or chemicals. Its use for the irrigation of a garden would mean an important saving of water and money.

Magazines and brochures

The Old magazines and advertising brochures tend to accumulate at home. Instead of letting them end up with dust or end in the trash, let’s encourage us to reuse them by using them to make crafts With the kids of the house.

It will be practical to use them to make paper flowers with which to decorate a gift or give life to a vase. Having confetti with them, garlands, Christmas ornaments, envelopes or, with regard to the magazines that are sorry to destroy, donate them to a medical office or, if they are cultural, to a public library.

Food and drink cans

Reuse Aluminum cans Food is as easy as being inspired by images such as those we include in this article or simply letting the imagination fly and daring with any idea.

Make a Bird feeder (Remember to renew it from time to time to avoid contagios, ornithologists warn), some decorative potssome jugs, a decorative collection object, a pinch, a pencil boat, an ornament with ribbons so that the outer air makes it a beautiful mobile …

Everyday things that you can easily reuse at home - cans of food and drink

Refresco cans

If you like Reuse objects At home in a simple way, surely you will have noticed that soda cans and their rings are easily accumulated. In fact, the Refresco cans They give a lot of play. Its reuse can become a small great work of creative recycling. They will be easy to do with them all kinds of jewelry with a lot of imagination and the same of patience.

Let’s make a pendant mobile, a bracelet, earrings, bracelets or any other object. To unite them we use staples, threads or tapes. It will be easy to get many and do what the magin dictates …

Everyday things that you can easily reuse at home - Refresco cans

Hard bread

He hard breadone of the objects that end up going to the garbage can. Let’s give it a protunity. Whenever he has no mold can be reused in the kitchen. It can become a main ingredient of A soup of bread, of a delicious garlic soup, in breadcrumbs, in Salad picostestessoups, creams, garrisons …

Or, of course, let’s make it irresistible torrijas. If we prefer the salty flavor, let’s warm it and transform it into crispy bases for some canapรฉs.

Tea bags and other infusions

The Tea bagsso, they can be reused in very different ways. Before they dry they will be a good relaxing for the eyes. We will apply as if they were two slices of cucumber, let stand for about 15 minutes and voila.

They are also effective to deflate insect bites and, in general, have anti -inflammatory properties. At the cosmetic level, there are those who use them to dye their hair or, more exactly, to give it a slight hue that can camouflage gray hair or reinforce the effect of some vegetable dyes.

Letting and using as absorberelors for the fridge and other small habitats, such as drawers, assemblies or shoe boxes, put in case, is another possibility. Finally, let’s get rid of the bag and buried it or leave it on the surface to serve as payment.

Hygienic paper tubes

The hygienic paper tubes They are a raw material of great value for every recycling artist worth its salt. We can make the sea of โ€‹โ€‹results by cutting them in the form of slices and, as is ideal as pots to plant seeds or, why not, to let the imagination fly and invent the funniest dolls ever seen.

Reuse newspaper

He newspaperFinally, it allows reuse of the most diverse. From line furniture or books until it becomes Gift wrap. They will also play a great paper in removals, to protect fragile things, and they can even help us mature vegetables and fruits, as well as dry wet shoes after a rainy day. To do this, we will introduce some newspaper balls inside. By the way, we do not use it to make compost, then Ink is not biodegradable.

Everyday things that you can easily reuse at home - reuse newspaper

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Kyle Muller
About the author
Dr. Kyle Muller
Dr. Kyle Mueller is a Research Analyst at the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department in Houston, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Texas State University in 2019, where his dissertation was supervised by Dr. Scott Bowman. Dr. Mueller's research focuses on juvenile justice policies and evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing recidivism among youth offenders. His work has been instrumental in shaping data-driven strategies within the juvenile justice system, emphasizing rehabilitation and community engagement.
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