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This Guy's Fence Is Made From Random Doors

Final score:

298points

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Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

This looks really cool though!

39points

My Tour Guide's Tool For Picking Up Littered Bottles Along The Trail

Final score:

293points

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Natasha Forchione 5 years ago

This is so smart and caring of him!

42points

Taking A Stand

Final score:

279points

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Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

... They wrote on paper, which is made of what?

90points

My Mom’s Husband Is A Pilot So He Wraps All His Gifts In Old Flight Maps

Final score:

263points

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Jason 5 years ago

YAAS

17points

We Detrashed A Lake In Texas! 4,000 Pounds Of Beer Bottles And Beer Cans. With About 30 Scuba Divers And 4 Boats. Did It In About 4 Hours

Final score:

252points

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Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

This is amazing work!

32points

Didn't Want To Waste The Failed Films So I Turned Them Into Little Paintings

Final score:

245points

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Dani 5 years ago

WoW. That’s talent! Great job!

28points

My Pantry After Harvest Season Is Finally Over

Final score:

221points

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Night Owl 5 years ago

my dream-pantry *wistful sigh*

60points

Turning Christmas Cards Into Tags For Next Year

Final score:

220points

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sh 5 years ago

I love this idea.

33points

#10

My Mom Is Slowly Knitting A Scarf Made Completely From Tea Bag Strings

Final score:

218points

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seauf 5 years ago

with her pinkies up

55points

#11

Stuffed Whales Made From Old Jeans

Final score:

213points

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electricblue 5 years ago

That's so cute. Plus, it could double as a pillow!

34points

#12

Here Is My Old Music Used As Wrapping Paper

Final score:

194points

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Jaguarundi 5 years ago

So simple and elegant.

27points

Nikki D 5 years ago

But the music was still good, surely you could have donated it?

8points

justa catboy 5 years ago

Would work great if you gave it to a music teacher.

5points

Jenna Lanham 5 years ago

but they are still going to go in the trash...

2points

Ran 5 years ago

Love this, will copy your idea.

2points

Troux 5 years ago

Just don't copy her music!

5points

Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago

i worked in a high-end stationary store, that sold paper like this, for $8 a sheet..... crazy, huh?

1point

Enuya 5 years ago

Sometimes when I have spare music sheets, I do it too. I am really happy with the effect - elegant but modest, looks really nice with dark ribbon or single pine twig.

1point

Mae 5 years ago

That's beautiful!

1point

meAgan 5 years ago

omg it's really prettyy

1point

Karol Partridge 5 years ago

Love it.,

0points

Adelyn Cheung-Nguyen 5 years ago

Plus as pretty!

0points

Friné 5 years ago

Beautiful!! Prettier than real wrapping paper

0points

Amina Hays 5 years ago

What happens to to it when the present's been unwrapped?

0points

Just another bot 5 years ago

Beautiful

0points

Nitro 5 years ago

This is my favorite one, beautiful and ingenious.

0points

panda_legerdemain 5 years ago

Thats beautiful

0points

Kjorn 5 years ago

that's real cute

0points

Naima Ivansdóttir 5 years ago

looks much better than my junk mail wrappings

0points

Lulu Huffington 5 years ago

At least this wrapping paper can be recycled.

0points

Rafaella Bueno 5 years ago

I carefully remove the wrapping of gifts I get and use it to wrap my own gifts later. Call me cheap, but I don't see why not.

0points

#13

Make A Baby Dress Out Of An Old Button-Up Shirt

Final score:

193points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

great idea--sewing, or rather learning, is high on my list of things to do!

30points

#14

Had A Friend Complain About Straw Bans Saying That They’re Not Even A Real Litter/Marine Debris Issue

So I did a quick 10 minute sweep of 300ft of shoreline to prove them wrong.

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Final score:

190points

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PyroarRanger 5 years ago

oh my god

29points

#15

Got My First Sewing Machine For Christmas, Made “Unpaper” Towels To Reduce Our Paper Towel Waste. They Clasp Together So It's Easy To Know Which Are Clean

Final score:

176points

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electricblue 5 years ago

I saw this once, now I want to try that.

19points

#16

Needed An Organiser So I Made One Out Of Cardboard Instead Of Purchasing One

Final score:

173points

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spirit wolf 5 years ago

Mary Kondo gives you a thumbs up!

29points

#17

I Hadn't Used My Reusable Bags Because I'm Pretty Socially Anxious And Was Worried About The Cashier Being Frustrated. But Used This For The First Time Today!

Final score:

169points

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Parmeisan 5 years ago

I was like "Okay, but why did you string your headphones over it?" I guess that's what happens when I try to look at the picture at the same time I'm reading the title.

16points

#18

A Customer From Work Made A Reusable Bag From Hundreds Of Plastic Ones

Final score:

163points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

i've heard about things like this--great idea! in my area, a group even knits mats out of them for homeless people in the area.

35points

#19

Small Wins: Convincing The Ice Cream Shop To Let Me Have It In My Reusable Cup Instead Of A Disposable Cup. The Guy Looked So Confused When I Asked!

Final score:

161points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

i don't know why some businesses are against this (laws, maybe? idk), but i think they pay more for the container than they do the product that goes into it. allowing customers to bring their own containers benefits us all, at least twofold--less waste & higher profit margin. i know part of the reluctance to get on board has to be regulating the size of the containers that the customer brings, but surely that can be figured out.

40points

#20

No More Plastic Bottles In The Shower

Final score:

156points

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Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

This is a serious question, but aren't these terribly unhygienic though? If I was a guest somewhere, I don't think I would be comfortable using the same bar of soap and shampoo as all the previous guests before me

32points

#21

Had A Volunteer Help Me Make These Stools Out Of Our Discarded Books For New Library Seating

Final score:

145points

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varwenea 5 years ago

I ache a bit seeing books destroyed. But if there are no other avenues for them, then this is good for the library.

64points

#22

Turned Old Uniforms Into A Bed Cover For Our Foster Kittens. Cuts Down On Washing Too

Final score:

143points

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PyroarRanger 5 years ago

The orange one seems like it's performing for us :)

33points

#23

We Wrap Our Holiday Gifts In Fabric And Reuse It Every Year. No Tape Or Paper Trash And It Looks So Much Nicer Too

Final score:

141points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

I'm guessing the ribbon holds it all together? i'm not good at wrapping to begin with, but this sounds like a great idea

17points

#24

All Of This Year's Christmas Presents Wrapped Using White Paper From 1 Amazon Delivery Box

Final score:

140points

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Zori the degu 5 years ago

Just draw some pictures on it and you have fancy wrapping paper!

44points

#25

Used Some Leftover Yarn To Make Crochet Produce Bags

Posted to Snapchat and 10 mins later I have 45 orders of them (and counting) for friends and family wanting to cut the plastic!

Yvalya Report

Final score:

130points

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TheDivineMs.M 5 years ago

I want one of these!

6points

#26

We Enjoy Our Zero-Plastic Alternatives For Holding Home-Made Shampoo And Shower Gel. It Helps Our House Look More Rock 'N Roll

Final score:

125points

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earringnut 5 years ago

If you don't think upcycling isn't cool, you don't know jack.

44points

#27

Update: ~400 T-Shirt Pieces, Now A Quilt Top

Final score:

122points

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Joelyn Kitzmiller 5 years ago

This is great! My kids were rowers and they bought a t-shirt for each regatta. A quilt from those would have been fun!

0points

#28

My Friends Smoked A 20 Lb Turkey For Their Halloween Party. After They Carved It They Were Going To Throw The Carcass Away

I took it home with me and made 14 pints of turkey stock.

HamishCat Report

Final score:

121points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

NEVER let juices like that go to waste!

33points

#29

I'm Never Going Back To Wrapping Paper! Used A Grocery Bag And Some String And Decided To Add An Origami Cutie To The Top

Final score:

120points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

looking forward to the day that stores start asking "paper or plastic" again! paper bags are SO useful in upcycling

13points

#30

I Think I'm Going To Stop Buying (New) Clothes. Made This From A $4 Shirt

Final score:

116points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

if i was better at sewing, i would definitely do this (i love Pinterest for ideas like this)!

21points

#31

I Made A Holder For Reusable Chopsticks, Silverware, And Straw That Doubles As A Cloth Napkin When Unfolded

Final score:

113points

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Rafaella Bueno 5 years ago

And it has a cacti print, which makes it even better

14points

#32

I'm Going To Be Wrapping My Gifts In Furoshiki From Now On

I love the idea of each person receiving a gift in their furoshiki and then using it to wrap a gift for someone else - how far will it travel?

cassolotl Report

Final score:

113points

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nanashi 5 years ago

In Asia (at least the SE Asia where I'm from) wrapping food in cloth is common, but I never thought it could be used for gifts. the idea could work I guess.

18points

I Made Shampoo Bars: Total Cost For A Year Supply Was About $20, And No More Plastic Bottles

Final score:

108points

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Breislitt4 5 years ago

HOW

43points

#34

This Year I Made My Own Origami Pill Cases To Replace The Easily Broken Plastic Kind, And They Have Held Up Well

Final score:

104points

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Parmeisan 5 years ago

Nice! And quite beautiful.

17points

#35

Local Custom: Around Here People Put Out Spare Veg From Their Garden For Anyone To Help Themselves

Final score:

99points

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Jody Brown 5 years ago

We walk around with a wagon. "Want bananas?" "No, get plenty." "Want bananas?" "No, get choke." "Want bananas? Please take some bananas." Then we leave the rest on the bench at dog park or Ho'okipa beach.

8points

#36

The Chairs In My Garden Are Made Out Of Shopping Trolleys

Final score:

99points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

that's a new twist on them! have to wonder how much work it was to do? (and hoping that they were acquired legally...lol)

20points

#37

My Boyfriend Uses Lip Balm Religiously. I Saved His Used Tubes For The Last Year And Today I Am Re-Using Them! I Found A Recipe For Lip Balm On Pinterest

Final score:

98points

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Kristy P 5 years ago

That will save him a lot of money on lip balm... Burt's Bees isn't cheap!

45points

#38

Went To A Party That Had A Big Recycling Can For Bottles, And A Small Recycling Can For Bottle Caps

Final score:

98points

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vera💖🏐🐳😘 5 years ago

that's so cute too!

14points

#39

Might Not Look The Prettiest But My Sewing Project So Far, Making Face Cleaner Rounds And Other Cleaning Cloths From Old T-Shirts That Can’t Be Given To Charity

Final score:

96points

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seauf 5 years ago

we turn them into cleaning rags

22points

#40

Cat Food Bag + Leftover Bag Handles From A Workshop = Reusable Grocery Bag With A Giant Cat Face On It

Final score:

92points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

i do this with feed bags of all kinds; you can use old belts for the handles, or use part of the excess bag that is cut off. my mom uses them as 'tarps' on her outside bird cages.

8points

I Wanted To Buy Some Blueberries From The Farmers' Market But Didn’t Want Any Packaging And Forgot A Container. Used My Empty Water Bottle Instead

Final score:

91points

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varwenea 5 years ago

This is a great idea. I haven't brought containers for the produce yet, only the outer larger bag. I need to start bringing the smaller containers!

3points

#42

I Love This Idea - A Dog Poop Bag Dispenser Attached To A Lamppost Made From A Plastic Bottle By Local Scouts

Final score:

88points

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Gracie Mae 5 years ago

great idea!

7points

#43

1 Month Of Trash And Still Trying To Reduce

Final score:

86points

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Night Owl 5 years ago (edited)

Wow! This is amazing

11points

#44

Cutting Up Unused Mesh Curtains To Make Reusable Mesh Groceries Bags, With The Emotional Support Of My Furry Buddy

Final score:

86points

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Parmeisan 5 years ago

Why does your cat have dog ears? :D

40points

#45

When You Just Have To Use Plastic Packaging, Don't Be Fooled When It's Seemingly Empty: If You Cut It Open, You'll See There's Still A Lot Left

Final score:

84points

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Caroline Huot 5 years ago

YES! I always do that. People think I'm weird, but you can go such a long way. I do that with my medicated lip balm, my toothpaste, etc.

26points

#46

I Recycled My Families Old Socks

Final score:

84points

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seauf 5 years ago

said the washing machine

51points

#47

I Started Making A Basket Out Of All Of The Plastic Bags I've Been Hoarding

Final score:

83points

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Danielle Rux 5 years ago

then op can use the basket to hold more bags

21points

#48

Zero Waste Win: It Took Some Serious Cajoling But I Convinced Superstore To Put My Deli Stuff Straight Into My Own Containers

Final score:

81points

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diane a 5 years ago

Called "Tare weight" - the weight of the empty container, be it a ship or a tupperware box.

11points

Maybe Not The Most Ground Breaking Thing Ever But The Most Used Drinking Glasses In My House Are Just Old Pasta Sauce Jars

Final score:

80points

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Caridina Japonica 5 years ago

We use mustard glasses. more comfortable because these are not threaded

11points

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#50

Instead Of Placing Garbage Cans Around This Beach, The City Made A Giant See-Through Fish With The Words "Goby Loves Plastic, Please Feed Him"

Kids enjoyed feeding him so much, that he's usually full by the end of the day

Final score:

75points

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Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 5 years ago

Looking at these pics just wondered how many paper is wasted in receipts. In some cases are useful, but should be optional.

14points

Cassie 5 years ago

At some stores, if you have an account, they will send your receipt to email instead of printing it. If you use Walmart pay with your Walmart app, you can get a digital receipt. PetSmart and Home Depot also have this option. I'm sure there are others.

4points

Helene 5 years ago

In Finland there's also at least 1 supermarket chain that gives you the option when you have their client card. It can be set online if I remember correctly and after swiping the card at the checkout in the store, the register doesn't print one automatically :) The receipt can be checked on their website.

2points

loading... 5 years ago

They are in most places

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Teresa O 5 years ago

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Jhoa 5 years ago

This is the kind of posts I appreciate on Bored Panda ^_^

5points

Kiki 5 years ago

The ones involving plastic bags, unless you reuse them endlessly, they still end up in landfills. What are you going to do when that reusable bag made of disposable bags rips or falls apart? All it did was delay the inevitable.

4points

Stina Kolling 5 years ago

If we keep delaying the inevitable, then it will slow the march towards the landfill whilst we come up with alternatives.

1point

FrejaLand 5 years ago

On the plastic straw one: Good job! We should raise awareness about the ocean and protecting it.

2points

GFSTaylor 5 years ago

Gift bags and the like regularly get traded back and forth between myself and some friends. There's some pretty, Christmassy tissue paper that has been going back and forth between me, Helen and Vikki for a few years now - it's almost part of Christmas, seeing it wrapping something.

2points

Bunzilla 5 years ago

We re-use gift tissue paper a lot. You can actually iron it to make it look all smooth again :)

2points

Devin Robinson 5 years ago

I would love to go zero-waste, but in all honesty, I have found it to be very expensive

2points

Honesty Olishia 5 years ago

And SO time consuming. I mean, making your own rug?? Honestly, I don't think I would have time for that.

4points

sunnyrei82 5 years ago

you don't have to make a drastic change, you can go on your own pace, making small changes. At first I felt overwhelmed too... and thought it would be very expensive all the time, but then I started buying the things I needed one step at a time. And it becomes easier and not that expensive. Don't expect to be perfect, just START making changes. It's WAY better than doing nothing at all.

2points

Jilltdcatlady 5 years ago

Not possible in my area. Only some plastics are allowed for recycling. Only certain types of paper or packing.

0points

sunnyrei82 5 years ago

One of the hardest things on being on a zero-waste journey is that many of your friends start to see you as a crazy person. They don't get it. And you can feel kinda lonely. And it hurts to see how, even thou you give your best, many of them just don't give a F. And they simply don't want to make small important changes just because they're lazy. Sad.

1point

Isabella A 4 years ago

This is such an inspiring post. I've already made some big consumer habit and household changes based on the ideas shared here.

0points

Zahra Deen 5 years ago

I've found it so hard to find alternatives to plastic products when i first started to actively reduce my waste. I found this website which made it so much easier to do that and thought maybe it'll help you too - https://ecoalternatives.to/

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Dianne Doxsee 5 years ago

Start thinking like your Grandparents. Perhaps they have told you stories about the Depression. My Grandmothers lived through this era. Nothing went to waste. Chicken and Turkey carcasses were used to make soup. Nothing tastes better. Look up recipes on the Internet. Use those glass bottles from pasta or jam to store the soup in the freezer. No plastic consumption here. I can make 10 jars of soup for about $4.00. You do the math. Intentionally buy meat on sale. When you cook it, cook extra so that you can make sandwiches from it for your “brown bag” lunch. I bought a lunch bag and glass and plastic containers that would fit into it. Make your own coffee or tea at home and take it to work with you in a metal thermos. I must admit that I buy a case of bottled water. I live on a well and if the powers goes out, I have no pump. I will use the bottles then. Spend some money and get yourself and insulated water bottle. Add ice and tap water and go. These can be washed.

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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

Um... I was raised poor. We did most of these. (The plastic grocery bags weren't around then, however, so, yeah, I'm old.) Worn out clothes = rags or rag rugs; jars are re-used; good parts of things like jeans/shirts = kid clothing, etc. Oh, and there is no such thing as left over garden produce. It's eaten or it's preserved. I was always amazed by how wasteful people were and thought how "rich" they must be.

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Stina Kolling 5 years ago

We had our first garden this past year. Had no idea how much we would actually produce and I ended up filling the entirety of the underside of our queen-size bed with jars of pickles (that's my canned goods storage area; we have a very small house). Unfortunately, a friend gave us a LOT of seeds for habaneros, and we grew WAY more habanero peppers than any normal human being could possibly use ever. Ended up throwing the last batch out into the garden for composting, in the end. We were mincing & freezing them but seriously nobody with normal taste buds could eat that many habaneros.

0points

Raquel Bacardi 5 years ago

I'm encouraged by this post! Every little bit of effort that someone makes to RR&R is a great thing!

0points

Valerie Fawn 5 years ago

I feel wasteful as hell now, but never too late to start being better!

0points

TheDivineMs.M 5 years ago

I love these ideas!

0points

Gracie Mae 5 years ago

i'm loving these ideas--i use a lot of them, but am always looking for more ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle!

0points

Anne 5 years ago

I saw you mention you make your own toothpaste, would you mind sharing the recipe?

1point

Parmeisan 5 years ago

Where did the tyre table go??? I refreshed the page before commenting because I wanted to see if anyone had identified all the people on it. Now it's gone. As best as I could tell, it had Gandhi, Mother Teresa, MLK, Obama, Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai and ... Bill Gates (who seems a little odd in that grouping). I was hoping someone could help identify the rest, as I suspect I really *should* have been able to recognize them.

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Terry T. 5 years ago

Some people have too much free time

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TJler 5 years ago

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Aahzmandus Pervect 5 years ago

You're trying too hard to get downvotes, man. From now on, only upvotes from me!

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Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 5 years ago

Looking at these pics just wondered how many paper is wasted in receipts. In some cases are useful, but should be optional.

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Cassie 5 years ago

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Helene 5 years ago

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loading... 5 years ago

They are in most places

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Teresa O 5 years ago

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0points

Jhoa 5 years ago

This is the kind of posts I appreciate on Bored Panda ^_^

5points

Kiki 5 years ago

4points

Stina Kolling 5 years ago

If we keep delaying the inevitable, then it will slow the march towards the landfill whilst we come up with alternatives.

1point

FrejaLand 5 years ago

On the plastic straw one: Good job! We should raise awareness about the ocean and protecting it.

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GFSTaylor 5 years ago

2points

Bunzilla 5 years ago

We re-use gift tissue paper a lot. You can actually iron it to make it look all smooth again :)

2points

Devin Robinson 5 years ago

I would love to go zero-waste, but in all honesty, I have found it to be very expensive

2points

Honesty Olishia 5 years ago

And SO time consuming. I mean, making your own rug?? Honestly, I don't think I would have time for that.

4points

sunnyrei82 5 years ago

2points

Jilltdcatlady 5 years ago

Not possible in my area. Only some plastics are allowed for recycling. Only certain types of paper or packing.

0points

sunnyrei82 5 years ago

1point

Isabella A 4 years ago

This is such an inspiring post. I've already made some big consumer habit and household changes based on the ideas shared here.

0points

Zahra Deen 5 years ago

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Dianne Doxsee 5 years ago

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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

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Stina Kolling 5 years ago

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Raquel Bacardi 5 years ago

I'm encouraged by this post! Every little bit of effort that someone makes to RR&R is a great thing!

0points

Valerie Fawn 5 years ago

I feel wasteful as hell now, but never too late to start being better!

0points

TheDivineMs.M 5 years ago

I love these ideas!

0points

Gracie Mae 5 years ago

i'm loving these ideas--i use a lot of them, but am always looking for more ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle!

0points

Anne 5 years ago

I saw you mention you make your own toothpaste, would you mind sharing the recipe?

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Parmeisan 5 years ago

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Terry T. 5 years ago

Some people have too much free time

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TJler 5 years ago

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Aahzmandus Pervect 5 years ago

You're trying too hard to get downvotes, man. From now on, only upvotes from me!

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