Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you have a lovely day. Here are a few reminders for you as you go about your day. #valentines #flowers #compost #candy #valentinescandy #recycle #valentinescard #batteries #singingcard
All posts in Food
Jars for Water in Emergencies
Reuse glass jars to store water during storms and emergencies. We had a big freeze and winter storm here but the pipes are ok. We’ll start using up our stored water today as all the ice melts. Glass is endlessly reusable and recyclable. Use your water as soon as it’s safe emergency-wise to do so.…
Boil Water in Instant Pots
Austin is under a boil water notice. We use our three Instant Pots to boil our water and then fill up all our jars. Tap water is safe to boil. You don’t need to drive in possibly unsafe conditions to buy single-user bottled water that may not even be in stock.#water #hydrate #drink #cook #pets…
Ruined Pots & Pans – Scrap Metal
Ruined metal pots and pans, and other rusted, broken, unsafe mostly metal items can be recycled at the Scrap Metal Station at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center (RRDC). Old saw blades, tools, yard items, sign holders, bent hangers, all can be dropped off in the Scrap Metal roll-off. Metal hangers in good condition are…
Squeasy Silicone Food Pouch
My four year old son has been requesting strawberry smoothies lately. We make these at home in a Vitamix, but any blender would work, just defrost your frozen fruit a little longer if your blender blades can’t handle fully frozen fruit. If you don’t have a blender, check you local Buy Nothing or Craigslist pages…
Holiday Reminder: Paper Plates & Cups
Holiday reminder: Paper plates are compostable. Starbucks and beverage cups are mostly trash, though you can recycle the paper sleeve and plastic lid on hot beverages. Most paper plates are going to be paper only and not coated in plastic. If it’s too shiny or thick then you might want to pass on the paper…
Pill Pack/Blister Pack/Bubble Pack
If you’ve never heard of pill pack, blister pack, or bubble packs before that’s okay. I had to look up what they were called so I could write about them. These are the packets that many pills come in. Some of them seem like straight metal/aluminum. Some are an obvious mix of a metal and…
Ice Pack Give Back
You can schedule a FREE PICKUP from Trashless for them to reuse those ice packs you receive with your meal subscription or food delivery. Trashless will “sanitize them, and reuse them with our own zero-waste, local, sustainable grocery delivery service.” It’s a great way to reuse these and keep it local. If you’ll recall in…
Shredded Coconut/Plastic bags
Plastic bags and film: according to customer service at plasticfilmrecycling.com, “If you can stretch the film or push your finger through and stretch it then it’s likely polyethylene and can be included [in plastic bag recycling].” This means that clean and dry soft plastic films and bags like this shredded coconut may be included in…
Tetra Paks
I love pumpkin stuff. Food, decorations, all of it. My first pumpkin woe of the season is this coffee creamer. When I ordered it for curbside pickup, I thought it would be plastic. I’m high risk for COVID so we have all our groceries curbside pickup or delivery. The top part is plastic. However; as…