[uk] Christmas Tree Rental
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Wow Just Wow!
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This week I will hit my 8000th bag of trash cleaned up. I love my life, and I encourage others to try this
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Old Spice Has Plastic-Free Deodorant 
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Made Some Shorts, A Bucket Hat And A Bag All From One Old Jacket 
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Italian Brand Barilla Removed The Plastic Window From Their Boxes (UK)
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I Convinced My Friend To Not Throw Away His Old Fencing And Let Me Build Him Garden Boxes. How Do You Think They Came Out?
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George Kent Using His Own 64oz Nalgene Bottle Instead Of The Single Use Plastic Bottles Provided At The Impeachment Hearing Today.
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Libraries Are So Vastly Underappreciated.
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Today I Collected 8 Bags Of Garbage From Nature … We Try To Justify Our Ignorance In Front Of Ourselves And We Will Say “It’s Not Mine”, But We Are No Longer Entitled To That Nowadays.nature Is Our Collective Responsibility, And This Sense Of Responsibility Motivates Me To Clean Up The Forest.
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This Was Enough For Me To Finally Kick Starbucks For Good.
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Been Buying Whole Chickens Instead Of Individual Cuts And Whole Veggies Instead Of Precut And Bagged Ones. Saved The Bones/Scraps For 3 Months In The Freezer And Decided To Make Chicken Stock!
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A Knit A Sweater Made Entirely Of Old /Scrap Yarns I Had Lying Around
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Saw This Image Posted To A Facebook Group. We Need More Coffee Shops To Do This.
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My Christmas Present To My Mother In Law. (It Looks Like Her Dog.) I Used All Donated Scrap Fabric. I Throw Away Nothing When Trimming – I Keep Even The Tiniest, Weirdest Pieces When I’m Quilting My Big Quilts, Because You Never Know When Something Is Going To Need A Shadow, A Collar, Or A Nose.
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My Boyfriend Wrote A Paper On How Superworms And Mealworms Can Digest Styrofoam Into Biodegradable Waste At A Fast Rate. We Expanded It Into A Project At School This Year. This Is A Farm That I Started A Week Ago. It’s Simple And Low Maintenance. Please Try It Out! [details In The Comments!]
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Picked Up A Used Cardigan That Turned Out To Look Much Better In The Picture Than In Person, So I Turned It Back To Yarn And Crocheted The Yarn Into A Cat Bed (I Didn’t Use A Pattern).
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This Awesome Moroccan School Security Guard Wasted No Quarantine Time And Restored, Free Of Charge, These Benches That Were Supposed To End Up In The Trash So That They Can Be Reused This School Year 
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The Paper Didn’t Reach
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Today I Retired My 13 Year Old Cardboard Box
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As A Truck Driver I Am So Tired Of Seeing Garbage Everywhere Left By Other Drivers. So I Decided To Be The Change That I Wanted To See In The World.
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A Few Weeks Back I Put A Box Of Empty Candle Jars Out On My Verge For Giveaway – I Didn’t Want To Throw Them Away – And Today I Found A Lil Box Of Candles In My Doorstep With Some Of The Jars Refilled With Lovely Scented Candles.
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My Search For Zero Waste Milk Is Over! Local Milk And I Get $2 When I Return The Bottle!
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My American Boyfriend Says These Aren’t Common, I Had No Idea Because I Have Never Owned A Dryer And Most People In New Zealand Dry Their Clothes On Racks Or Lines.
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My Local Shop Just Introduced A Refillable Oat Milk Station – I’m Very Pleased
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Was Told To Post This Here. Saw This On Facebook And Thought It Was A Great Idea.
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Sunnybee, A Farmer’s Market And Store In Chennai, India, Has Begun Wrapping Their Produce In Banana Leaves. Makes Me Glad That My Country Is Thinking Forward Like First World Countries. [xpost]
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Can’t Believe A Zero Waste Shop Opened Up Only 15 Minutes From My Rural Village In Scotland!
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Man, Fuck Paper Towels.
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I Sell Clothing Online And Finally Mastered Zero Waste Mailers! Made 100% Of Discarded Plastic And Sealed Shut With My Sewing Machine
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I Used Bird Seed For My Graduation Pictures Instead Of Glitter/Confetti!
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A Plastic-Free Store In Slovenia
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My Dad Built A Green House Out Of Piles Of Random Stuff He’s Been Saving In The “You Never Know When It Will Come In Useful” Pile. Old Windows, Bits Of Flooring, Recycled Straightened Nails, And Off Cuts Of Steel Roofing. Only Had To Spend $40 On 8 Large Bolts. So Proud Of Him!
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Does A Waste Of Space Count?
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Diyed A Soap Dish Out Of Unused Takeout Chopsticks, Glue, And Thread
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So Someone On My Street Put Two Twin Bed Frames On The Curb. I Made One Into A Trellis.
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This Is Completely Out Of Season And I Did It Four Years Ago, But I Work In A Bakery In A Health Food Store And This Is How I Evaded Throwing Away Broken But Otherwise Perfectly Fine Cookies That Didn’t Make The Cut For Platters. Injure Bread Men!
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You Can Grow Loofahs (They Are In The Cucumber Family), Dry Them And Use Them To Wash Dishes. 5 Plants Make Enough For About 2 Years In Our House. Fully Biodegradable When They’re Worn Out.
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Thought This Belonged Here. Zero Waste Confetti.
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“Food In The Nude” Concept In New Zealand Supermarkets Stripped Vegetables And Fruits From Plastic Wrapping And, As A Consequence, The Sale Of Spring Onions, The One Vegetable On Which They Tried The Concept At First, Rose To About 300 Percent
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A Local Soapmaker Sells Miscellaneous/Broken Pieces Of Soap Without Packaging At A Discount. Perfect For Trying Out New Scents!
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A Cat Tree I Made A While Ago. Still Doing His Job
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Couldn’t Get Rid Of This Ugly Stain Right In The Middle Of The Shirt, Used Some Old Die To Make A Cool Patchy Shirt Instead!
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Sometimes Junk Store Frames Don’t Come With Hanging Hardware. Tin Can Lids Get The Job Done. Learned This Trick From My High School Art Teacher.
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It’s Frustrating How Many Tissues I Go Through During Allergy Season, But This Year I’m Prepared. Made Some Reusable Tissues From An Old Duvet Cover 
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My Drugstore Just Got A Refill Station For Laundry And Dishwashing Detergent!
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Decorating My New Apartment My Updating The Furniture Left Behind
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I Read That A Lot Of Donated Clothes End Up In Landfills Anyway, So Started Saving Our Old Fabrics/Textiles That Didn’t Seem Nice Enough For Resale. Finally Used Them To Make This Pet Bed!
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Psa: Don’t Buy “Zero Waste” Cutlery Sets. Just Use Cutlery From Home Or Buy Some Second-Hand, And Wrap Them In A Tea Towel Or Cloth Napkin. You Can Even Sew Your Own If You Like!
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Recycling Old Picnic Coolers For Stray Cat Shelters 
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India Is Slowly Moving Away From Plastic Milk Packets To Self- Serve Byo Container Vending Machines For Milk. Accepts Digital Payments Too! When A Country Of More Than A Billion Makes A Small Change, It Has A Greater Impact. It Has Reduced Prices To Discourage Plastic. I’m Proud We’re Trying.
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My Friend Was Going To Throw Away A Torn Sheet, So I Rescued It, Made It Into “Yarn,” And Crocheted Myself A Basket! I Added A Bit Of Color With Rags Pilfered From My Mom’s Bin. I’m So Happy With How It Turned Out (:
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Our Local Supermarket Makes Juice Out Of Unsold Fruits. Literally Zero Waste.
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Finally Striving Towards A Zero Waste Period :)
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Somebody Made Homes For Street Cats To Take Shelter In Out Of Water Jugs
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Who Says Philly Doesn’t Know How To Recycle?
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When You Forget Your Reusable Bag But Remember To Bring Your Wife.
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I’m In College And Got This Foldable Cup As A Replacement For Those Classic Red Solo Cups! Yes, It Was A New Purchase, But It’s Helped Me Divert So Much Waste And Also Made My Friends Think More Consciously About Theirs!
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Just Discovered A Shop In Atlanta, Ga, That Allows You To Bring In Your Old Candle Jar And Get A Refill For 1/2 Price!
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My Eldest Daughter, 13, Started Doing Embroidery After She Saw Some Videos On Instagram. Yesterday She Surprised Me With This Beautiful Flower That She Stitched Over A Hole In My Favorite Jeans!
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A Friend And I Have Started Doing Weekly Trash Walks Around Our Neighborhood In La. This Week We Filled Two Whole Trash Bags Going Less Than Two Blocks 
We’re Hoping To Keep Growing Our Little “Club” And Maybe Inspire Some Others To Start One Too!
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Love Seeing Restaurants Encouraging Their Patrons To Go Zero Waste!
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Bulk Frozen Vegetables In Romania! First Time I’ve Seen Somethibg Like This
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In An Effort To Have Less Water Waste, I Started Keeping This Pitcher On My Counter. Water From Leftover Drinks, Sippy Cups, Ice Cubes, Etc. Gets Dumped In Here And Then I Use It To Water My House Plants.
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Getting There With My Zero Waste Kitchen 
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Repurposed This Bear For Dish Duty.
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Toothbrush With Replaceable Bristles So You Don’t Have To Keep Buying A New Handle
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A Roll Of “Un-Paper” Towels I Made For Our Kitchen.
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My School Gave This To Every New Student So We Wouldn’t Use Disposable Cups. I Graduated In ‘96, And It’s Been My Work Water Cup Ever Since.
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My Local Kroger Finally Carries Cherry Tomatoes In A Recyclable Package! (Bonus That They’re From A Local Farm Devoted To Sustainable Practices!)
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Colgate Have Released A Recyclable Toothpaste, Both Tube And Packaging! (UK)
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I Use Panty Hose Filled With Husky Fur To Deter Rabbits From Snacking In My Garden. No Chemicals, Much Less Chicken Wire, And I Don’t Have To Keep Buying New Plants.
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First Time Reusing Food Scraps To Make A Broth!
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I Used The Traditional Japanese Art Of Kintsugi To Repair My Cracked Toilet Seat Instead Of Throwing It Away
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I Built This House Almost Entirely Out Of Dirt And Reclaimed Materials!
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I Work At A Hospital Where Employees Eat Everyday With Plastic Utensils. My Solution: Fork And Spoon In An Old Pencil Case
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I Make As Many Of My Daughter’s Toys As I Can, W/ Salvaged Bits As Often As Possible. I Made This Kitchen Set Out Of Old Cardboard Boxes, Bottle Caps, And Cds That I Scrounged From The Trash At Work. I Then Decorated It W/Paper.
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Saw Apples Packaged In Cardboard At Costco!! So Much Better Than Those Plastic Clamshells.
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I Had A Pair Of Pants That Were Far Too Long So I Cut Off The Bottoms And Turned Them Into A Crop Top And A Mask, Matching My New Culottes!
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Office Goes Zero Waste And Gave Everyone One Of These
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A Library That Rents Cake Pans! (From @travelinganna)
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I Just Finished My Latest Art Made Solely Put Of Recycled Wine Foils.
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Turkish Garbage Collectors Open A Library For All Of The Books Citizens Discard In Their Trash
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I Made Candles From The Old Unusable Wax In The Bottom Of Store-Bought Candles! They Have… Personality.
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My Mom Knows I’m Trying To Reduce My Waste, So For My Birthday She Made Me Homemade Body Soap, A Peeling Bar, Shampoo And Conditioner!
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Found My Dad’s Unused 1982 Planner Yesterday. And The Days Of The Week Line Up With 2021!
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My Toilet Has A Built In Sink To Help Reduce Water Waste, Flush Your Toilet With The Water From The Sink
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My Wife Put Giant Googly Eyes On Our Trash Can As A Joke. But It’s Actually Working For Our Zero Waste Goals. Now I Feel Shame Every Time I Toss Something, It Looks Horrified!
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Dumpster diving
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Collapsible Cup!! Never Forget It Because It’s Always Right In My Purse! Also Comes With A Silicon Straw Which Folds Up Inside It And Is Super Easy To Clean
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Today I Found Out That You Can Reuse Those Little Plastic Thingies From Olive Oil Containers As Barista Gadgets For Alcohol Bottles.
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A Coconut Repurposed As A Salt Container That Has Been In My Family For Over 20 Years
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My Shopping Bag Has A Printed Holiday Pattern So It Can Be Reused As Wrapping Paper
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The New Supermarket Near Me Has Frozen Prepared Foods In Bulk.
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Using Old Liquor Bottles To Serve Water At Restaurants
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I took a friend’s thesis poster that was printed on fabric and turned it into a weekender bag he can use
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My Sister Used Her Old School Notes To Wrap Her Gifts This Year
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Beer Made From Leftover Strawberries That The Supermarket Rejects.
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With An Axe And Two Knives, I Carve Spoons From Freshly Fallen Wood Picked In My Forest. Spoons Are Everyday Tools That Have Been Used Since The Beginning Of Humanity.
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Made My Own Celery Salt By Drying Out Celery Leaves I Would Have Otherwise Thrown Out, Crushing Them, And Adding Salt! Tastes Wayyyyy Better Than The Store Bought Kind, And I’m Using All Of The Celery!
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I Possibly Found The Best Ever Pencils. After Using Them You Can Plant Them In The Soil And Then A Sapling Will Grow From The Green Bottom!
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My Aunt Requested Crocheted Face Scrubbies To Replace Cotton Pads/Balls. She Asked For 24 So I Put Them In A Repurposed Candle Container.
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I Needed A Travel Pill Container For A Big Trip. Rather Than Buying One, I Made One Out Of An Old Altoids Tin And An Old Plastic Membership Card.
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It’s Not For Everyone, But I Do Get A Lot Of Compliments On My Decorating. My Secret Is That Everything Is Second-Hand, Preferably From Curbs And Dumpsters (Including Cats)
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Ridding Of Plastic Hangers
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I’ve Got Nothing But Cloth, Thread, And Time. Free Hand-Sewn Makeup Remover Pads, Just Pm Me!
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My Local Dump Has A Thrift Store In It So That Not Everything Goes To The Landfill.
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Restored These Thrifted, Super Old Dr. Martens For A Present
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Learnt To Weave To Make 100% Biodegradable Bags, Made From Flax (Native New Zealand Plant)
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From Ruined Jeans To An Area Rug
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Old Hair Brush? Zip Tie It To The Leg Of A Chair For Your Cat To Rub On!
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Was Going To Buy A Rug But Tried Making One Instead After Seeing Some On This Sub. Used Old Fabrics+clothes+fringe I Had Lying Around.
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Mango With Label Stamped Into It Instead Of Having A Sticker
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Started Taking My Nail Polish Off With A Shirt That Had Icky Armpits Instead Of Cotton Balls. Looks Kinda Cool Now!
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Up Marketed This $5 Chair With My Mum Instead Of Buying New.
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My Family Has Been Reusing This Soap Dispenser Since 1999
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Had This T-Shirt With A Small Velvet Heart Which I Ruined During Laundry.. So I Cross Stitched A New One, Which Isn’t Perfect But Still Better Though 
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Been Using This Same Mask Since March 2020. Retail Work So In Use 8+ Hours P/Day, Six Days A Week. Gets Handwashed Every Night. Can’t Claim A Zero Waste Lifestyle Beyond This Really But Perhaps The Start Of Something Bigger.
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Made A Lamp For My Desk Out Of An Old Camera, A Broken Lamp And Some Driftwood I Found.
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I Turned A Ripped Sheet Into Reusable Disinfecting Wipes And “Unpaper Towels”. Stored In Containers I Already Had!
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I’ve Been Using This Rock As A Lint Roller For The Past Two Years. Woo Hoo!
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Got Permission To Share This Ladies Amazing Work! A Mat Made Of Hoses!
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Found This Deflated Balloon On A Hike, So I Used It To Wrap My Best Friend’s Birthday Present.
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Save A Shirt I Had Gotten Bleach On
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Family Thinks I’m Frugal, I Just Like To Think I’m Helping The Environment. Saving Money Is A Plus Too. Any Time I Get Sealed Air Bags I Make A Slit On One Side To Put My Hand Through And Pick Up My Puppy’s Waste. I Do This For Almost All/Any Packaging I Receive…anything At My Disposal!
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Our Brand New Bed Broke. I Salvaged The Wood, And Turned It Into A Planter.
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Saved The Rack From My Old Dishwasher– Works Perfectly To Organize The Pot & Pan Lids In My Drawer Beneath The Range!
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I’m Sure This Is Not New But It Blew My Mind A Bit.
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I Have Been Looking To Buy One Of These For My Morning Coffee But Ended Up Making It With Items I Already Had!
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My Local Sushi Restaurant Gives A 50 Cent Discount For Bringing Your Own Containers
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