Happy Thanksgiving
Enjoy, but remember two words. Portion control. :-).
And go for a walk after you eat. You’ll feel better. Be thankful.
It’s yet another case of one-man’s-
trashrecycling: London’s Wood Be Waste is a textbook example of upcycling, adding value to materials that wood otherwise be discarded and at best recycled.Wood Be Waste Upcycled Desktop Organization Solutions - Core77
Organize you’re stuff with toilet paper tubes. Perfect solution for keeping that box of USB and iPod cords organized. And a great way to recycle your old toilet paper, or paper towel roll tubes. We’d recommend you trim the paper towel tubes in half - unless you’ve got really, really long fingers.
Posted October 4, 2011 at 11:36am
Via nestfullofeggs:
toilet paper tube pencil holder
See also: Earlier Unconsumption posts on new uses for paper tubes — toilet paper and/or paper towel tubes — here.
Got old meds? Medication disposal is becoming easier — JournalTimes.com
A Houston-based company, Sharps Compliance, aims to make it easier for Americans to dispose of unwanted medications — 200 million pounds of which are estimated to be improperly disposed of every year.
Consumers can purchase Sharps’ postage-paid envelopes at Walgreens, CVS/pharmacy, Rite Aid, and Kroger stores, among other outlets, to mail in non-controlled substances.
“This addresses a problem we’ve had for years,” David Tusa, president and CEO of Sharps, said. “Meds remain in the medicine cabinet and then people or children accidentally overdose, or people flush them and they work their way into the water systems. It’s estimated that 35 to 40 percent of medicines go unused in any given year.”
Sharps’ envelopes go to a disposal company in Texas that … burns the medicines. The ash in Texas is then repurposed into concrete and used to create roads.
An alternative: Consumers in the U.S. can, on a designated day (most recently April 30, 2011), drop off medications at locations participating in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
(photo via Walgreens)
Traffic Light App Could Help You Miss Red Lights and Consume Less Gas
Would love to see this in practice. Idling is the worst. People need to learn to time lights right so they can coast a major of the time instead of sitting idle. Sounds like this app might be a big step in that direction.
Most things you plug into an outlet are designed to drain energy, but the Eliminata is the opposite: The little gizmo serves as a conscientious middleman between your appliance and the socket, killing the flow of electricity during downtime and preventing that “vampire drain” that adds up over the course of a year.
Tips on How to Consume Less Disposable Goods
Nice list from ReUseIt.com on ways you can reduce your usage (and waste) of disposable goods. I think the idea of reusable grocery bags has caught on well. But ditching those plastic water bottles is an uphill battle. Ditching dyer sheets was one I had thought of before. Good tips.
The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better
Of course we’d recommend you consider the paperless Kindle edition. :-)
