Encyclopedias re-homed! @buynothingproject saves the day again! I’m helping a neighbor to downsize their home and declutter and one of the things they needed to rehome was a 1976 set of Encyclopedias. Now as far as my neighbor, her friend the original owner of the books, and myself new, people just used these to cut…
Little Jar for Lotion in Your Car/Purse/Bag
Lotion from home in a glass bottle is going to be greener than a travel tube, any tube, or a pump. I found a small glass jar at the Guadalupe @wheatsville location. There are plastic jars at @naturalgrocers if you want something smaller, and lighter, but they are plastic. My grocery store doesn’t have anything…
Recycle Black and Brown Plant Pots
Austin recycles all #s and all colors of plastic! Rinse and dry your plant pots and recycle them! The triangle doesn’t mean it’s recyclable, it just indicates the type of plastic. If you have family/friends that live in other cities, they may have different numbers and colors their provider accepts in their recycling carts. If…
Blue Genie Art Bazaar: May Market
Shop small, shop local, pretty things! I’m at the @bluegenieartbazaar May Market. I want to get some eyelash serum and jasmine green tea. I’ll see what else I can find! I did remember to take a big basket with me to shop and use at checkout. This would have been so helpful in December when…
Mending our Handmade Pikachu
Doing a little mending tonight on Cute-achu. Make a little mending kit with the most popular colors that you wear so you can fix a seam or a button when you need to. Here’s a mending kit from HEB. Who has all these colors? Plus you have to process the packaging. I’d rather get more…
Chocolate Candy and Aluminum Foil Balls
Aluminum Foil from lids and candy wrappers, clean and dry, can be balled up to 2 inches and recycled in the blue/recycle carts. #aluminum#aluminumfoil#candy#recycle#candywrappers#chocolate#zerowasteliving#chocolateeasterbunny#sustainableliving
A Little More Green: It’s a Journey: Juice
A little step, a little more forward, maybe a little backwards, but keeping the goal in mind. I did buy a single use juice bottle today, I did ingest. Microplastics, I did take it home to recycle. I am not strong all the time. It’s a process… #babysteps#inprogress#juice#microplastics#noglassbottle#plasticbottles
4 Crates for the Austin Zoo Cage Call
4 used crates for the Austin Zoo! The Zoo is all rescued animals and accepts retired and surrendered animals. I love that I can help them, and so does my son! This also helps neighbors clean out their garages and houses! Both sides win and I get to have an outdoor experience with my son!…
Broken Plastic Hangers are Recyclable
Broken plastic hangers can go in blue/recycle carts in you have @balconesrecycling or Texas Disposal Systems . Check your local provider to find out what they accept. Metal hangers can be dropped at any dry cleaners to be reused. ⛓️💥 Broken fuzzy hangers go in the trash. Wood hangers are trash if they can’t be…
Prescription and Drug Drop Off at Walgreens
You don’t have to empty the bottles. Toss them in. Drop in the metal disposal unit at the pharmacy. Accepted: Prescription medications, ointments and patches, OTC medications, ointments, lotions and liquids, Pet medications, Vitamins, Aerosol cans, Inhalers Not Accepted: Needles and thermometers, Hydrogen peroxide, Illegal drugs https://www.walgreens.com/…/safe-medication-disposal.jsp Take them in as they go, don’t stockpile.…