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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
14 houses of recycling for the Austin Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center today. Foam takes up so much space. The trunk and car were full, just me and my son fit. There was even stuff under his feet. Also a few things for Safe Place. Styrofoam Plastic bags Hard plastics Scrap metal (including a child’s…
Real cups for in-house coffee Monkey Nest Coffee. This is very exciting and the coffee is amazing! They also had all the milks and milk alternatives to choose from for my latte. If real drinkware is not an option when you are out, choose iced drinks which usually come in a recyclable plastic cup with…
How to compost and recycle roast chicken – eat, share, refrigerate or freeze the meat – remove the elastic band on the legs & trash it – compost the fat, skin, bones, etc. If you aren’t going to freeze or use them for stock or soup. – soap, rinse, and dry the containers. Chicken crests…
Check your local guidelines on how to properly set out your recycling. You could be wasting money, time and resources bagging. In Austin, recycling should be loose in carts, not bagged. Bagged items like those pictures here will be pulled off the sorting lines and immediately trashed. The human sorters don’t have time to open…
Recycle your Meal Simple by HEB metal trays. If your local grocery chain makes similar heat-up meals, the same process probably applies. Throw the saran wrap away, rinse and dry the black metal tray in the blue single stream recycling carts. Make sure it’s not greasy, use soap. Apartments and condos should check with your…