Drop off this household hazardous waste at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center, where it will be safely disposed of, recycled or reused. If brought to the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center, oil must be in containers smaller than five-gallon capacity. [This is a one-gallon coconut oil bucket. Costco’s Kirkland salted peanuts come in a nice…
Buy Nothing: Doll Stroller
My son regularly makes water balloon babies. He calls them his baby and treats them as such. He doesn’t have any dolls and for some reason treating his stuffed animals as babies is not a thing for him. Two weeks ago he asked for a stroller to push around his baby. He is aware of…
Herbs and Spices
It’s about that time again to clear out expired items. We’re going to talk about herbs and spices. I’ve pulled storage information from some recognizable names. At this point I basically use salt, pepper and fajita spice (my husband uses a bit more) so I needed some assistance. The featured image here is from our…
Help Those Helping You
This title could apply to so many things which is why I want to share it with you. It is my hope that the nature of this concept inspires you to think of ways you can help people, groups, organizations and more that help you out. My son’s school was ready to clear out their…
Austin Creative Reuse Trip 07.09.23
Austin Creative Reuse is a 2 minute drive down the street from my new church, Memorial United Methodist Church. If I need to go to ACR, I stop over on the way home after church. The trip to ACR is most efficient this way and ends up being on the way home. I apply zero…
De-fuzzing Fabric
Repair You can shave the pill/bumps of fabric off many items to refresh them. My son wanted us to throw this pillow cover away because it was scratchy from pill pumps but it just needed a good shaving. I’ve also used a fabric shaver on athletic pants, shoes and sweater material. A fabric shaver is…
Broken Glass
Handling broken glass is primarily about safety, for you and for the operators. Reuse Broken mirrors and decorative glass, as well as sheet glass can be wrapped and put in non-recyclable bags like birdseed, dog food, protein and many snack bags. Theses bags cannot be recycled and are very tough so they’re an excellent option…
Tabling: 4th of July 2023
Every year our neighborhood holds a 4th of July festival and parade. We made it work with parade only during COVID. I always like to share a few pictures for ideas when you are tabling. Bring water, and food and coffee if you’ll be tabling for awhile. There is no guarantee there will be food,…
Hang Tag Repair
Repair If your hang tag breaks you can fix it. My ZWBL (Zero Waste Block Leader) hang tag broke the very first time I tried to hang it in my car. It’s really thick plastic. This was easy to drill through on each side after I broke off the other top part to even them…
Austin Creative Reuse
Last Saturday the City of Austin Zero Waste Block Leaders were offered the opportunity to tour behind the scenes at Austin Creative Reuse, is a local Austin nonprofit who operates a creative reuse center in the Windsor Park neighborhood of East Austin, where they sell gently used creative materials donated from individuals and businesses at…