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Cds on Pinterest. Repurpose on Pinterest. Natural Alternatives for the Modern Home. Inexpensive fixes and ideas. Récupération. Recyclart, The art of recycling, reusing & upcycling ! 25 façons de détourner les objets de la vie quotidienne. 1.

25 façons de détourner les objets de la vie quotidienne

Utilisez un ouvre-boîte pour ouvrir un emballage plastique scellé. Cette astuce vous aidera à économiser environ 22,8 heures de votre vie. 2. Utilisez du sérum physiologique pour requinquer un mascara desséché. Quelques gouttes feront l’affaire. 3. 4. Étape 5 : enlevez les étiquettes 5. 6. 7. Plus de miettes au fond du sac à main. 8. 9. Vous pouvez mettre du papier journal dans un Tupperware, dans le compartiment à légumes de votre réfrigérateur, ou encore dans un sac à main qui a une odeur de cuir persistante. 10.

Dissolvez six à huit comprimés d’aspirine dans un verre d’eau chaude, enduisez les cheveux avec la solution, laissez reposer pendant 10 à 15 minutes, puis rincez. 11. 12. Les languettes qu’on trouve sur les canettes sont très résistantes. 13. Les chiens et chats ne supportent ni le goût ni l’odeur du VapoRub. Le VapoRub soignerait aussi les mycoses des ongles de pied. 14. 15. 16. 17. Plongez-y deux cachets, patientez 20 minutes. 18. Always Chrysti - Always Chrysti - 100+ Ways to Creatively Reuse Old Magazines. Harvest RainWater. Repurpose Reuse Recycle. 35 ideas to recycle your cans. 50 Ways To Re-Purpose & Reuse Glass Jars.

35 Creative Ways To Recycle Wooden Pallets. From storing items, beds or coffee tables to window boxes, shoe cabinets or comfortable rockers, a wooden pallet is anything but waste timber.

35 Creative Ways To Recycle Wooden Pallets

Since lots of companies are dependent on fiber from wood recycling, why not to try to gain all the benefits for your home? Perfect for a lounge area in the balcony or a lovely corner in the garden, wooden pallets can be combined, remodeled and fixed up in practical desks, chairs, bookcases, tables and beds. Have a look on the gallery below and you will find many ideas of pallet furniture.

If you decide to do it by yourself, our advice is to use basic tools and pallets; the standard recommendations for recycled wood pallets are 24 x 24 or 30x 30 – buy it from here. Don’t miss: 20 Patios Perfect for Your Garden and 45 Delightful Outdoor Dining Area Design Ideas If you are passionate about reducing the amount of trees being cut down, then you will understand our call to recycle and reuse old pallets instead of manufacturing new products.

Or 30 x 30. 25 Ways Of How To Use Pallets In Your Garden. Benches, flower pots, tables, small vertical gardens and even canopies covered with plants.

25 Ways Of How To Use Pallets In Your Garden

All of them can decorate your garden immediately if you know how to make a simple pallet work. After we’ve shown you how to recycle wooden pallets, we thought it would be a great idea to see a bunch of decorative ideas that can beautify your garden. Moreover, they are easy to assemble and prove to be very functional for your future activities! First of all, what you need to do is to find a pallet. Many supermarkets put them in dumpsters before sending to a recycling center, and you can try to get them for free. Pallet Projects... 20 Creative Ways to Upcycle Pallets in your Garden. Inspiring Pallet Gardening Ideas Recently I upcycled a pallet and large square wooden crate lying around a local landscaping yard into a mini garden shed for $7.

20 Creative Ways to Upcycle Pallets in your Garden

I was so pleased with the result it made me consider other ways to reuse materials for my garden needs. With more of us conscious of repurposing rather than impacting on landfill with unnecessary waste, I thought I’d share these DIY creative ideas to upcycle free wood pallets. 35 Amazing Uses For Old Pallets. Recycle Reuse. Recycled crafts. How To Maximise Your Used Paper. 9 Cool Things to Do With Old Books. Bibliophiles and bookworms, English majors and lovers of literature: is it possible to have too many books?

9 Cool Things to Do With Old Books

They accumulate so quickly! Every member of your family getting you the same three books you requested for Christmas. Seeing Don DeLillo marked half-off, knowing you dumped a half-caff latte on your copy of Underworld, and – even though only the first three pages are illegible – justifying its purchase. 15+ years of required reading lists stored in boxes in your basement, even though you can bet your bippy you will never willingly read the poetry of Robert Burns again.

We are up to our waists in books, some of which we hate (really Master Burns? Make Your Own DIY Calendar From a Recycled CD Case. Ring in the new year with this fun and easy DIY calendar.

Make Your Own DIY Calendar From a Recycled CD Case

This project is a double win: you get to clean out all your old magazines and scrap papers while making the perfect end-of-the-year gift for your calendar-loving friends. Who doesn't love a good calendar? What you'll need: 18 x 24 inch piece of paper (or what's lying around) Scissors Markers Glue stick Ruler Collage scraps/magazines An old CD case. Réutilisez vos coquilles d’œufs ! On ne le sait pas forcément mais les œufs présentent de nombreux bienfaits !

Réutilisez vos coquilles d’œufs !

En particulier leurs coquilles! Elles se composent principalement de carbonate de calcium (autour de 95%) en petites quantités de carbonate de magnésium et d’autres matières organiques comme les protéines. Avec cette composition, les coquilles peuvent servir pour le jardin, le ménage, la décoration ou encore l’entretien de la maison. Vous l’aurez compris, ne jetez plus vos coquilles car elles possèdent de multiples vertus !

Projects. Recycling Symbols on Plastics - What Do Recycling Codes on Plastics Mean. Getty Images Sometimes it seems like everything in modern America is made of plastic.

Recycling Symbols on Plastics - What Do Recycling Codes on Plastics Mean

The versatile material is in our cars, toys, packaging, clothing, home goods, food utensils, and so much more — but it's also littering our streets, clogging our waterways, and choking marine life. In fact, one 2016 study found that 32% of plastic packaging ends up in our oceans every year.