Text by: Tanya Munshi
Make notepads out of rough/ old/ printed papers. Don’t throw them in the bin, use the blank sheets for your kids’ math practice, drawing sheets or rough books.
Have a white board installed in your house, any important message for the day can be written on that for everyone to see, instead of cutting out pages from a notepad.
Use old visiting cards as gift tags. Paint, or stick coloured paper on the printed side and use them as gift tags on gifts and bouquets.
Recycle previous greeting cards or birthday cards to make your own new cards. Cut out the pictures, stick it on card paper and with felt pens and paints add your personal touch.
Revamp sweet boxes, chocolate boxes or shoe boxes as a gift box. Stick coloured paper, add glitter and make them into pretty looking gift boxes or give it to your daughter to keep her trinkets like hair bands and hair clips.
Never keep your electronics in the sleep mode as that consumes a lot of electricity. Switch of your television set, stereo system, microwave ovens, washing machine & blender when not in use.
Did you know that recycling a 3 ft pile of newspapers can save one whole tree. So just imagine, if you re-use newspaper as paper bags or gift wrapping paper, how much of a difference it can make! Paint; add hand prints, stick dried leaves or flowers on newspapers to make creative wrapping paper for presents.
Re-use plastic bags as garbage bags or for packing.
We can pass this tip to the road construction companies - recycled glass bottles are handy for making roads and tiles.
Did you know that recycled paper uses 60% less energy and water to make than new paper.
Make party hats for your kids from used or old aluminium foil.
Add vegetable peels, dried flowers to your flower pots or gardens. This makes a good manure for your plants.
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