Do you have
old plastic containers from the grocery store, or milk crates, or old hardbound books?
I retreat to Winchester train station for the journey home, past Churchill's newsagent, which used to sell penny sweets in
old plastic containers, as if nothing had changed since Victorian times, past the Railway Inn, where we used to try to buy drinks when we were underage, past the old house of a school friend where I used to spend most of the summer.
Purchased plain white T - shirt of good quality (in grandma's size and toddler size) Different colors of fabric paint
Old plastic containers Flat work surface covered in newspaper
Note on removing toxins from your kitchen: Last summer I removed
our old plastic containers and cookware, and opted, instead, for glass.
It wasn't pretty though — just plopped in
an old plastic container (part of the disguise — please don't tell my kids!)
Here's an instance where I tell my clients that they can make one out of
an old plastic container by cutting a hole in the side big enough for the pet to enter and exit, but not so big that the humid material within will tend to dry out.
Basically, I took
an old plastic container and added 1 1/2 cups weathered oak and just 1/4 cup dark walnut.
To make it easy, I poured 2 bottles of paint and 1 bottle of fabric medium into
an old plastic container and mixed them together with my sponge brush.
Not exact matches
Even in an age of airtight
plastic containers and refrigerated transportation, food manufacturers still struggle against the age -
old enemies of freshness — moisture and oxygen being chief among them.
We recycle packaging materials, including
old or defective corrugated paper packaging
containers,
plastic shrink - wrap and
plastic banding, which we send to local recycling facilities.
If you have any food
containers that are made of
plastic and more than a few years
old, consider disposing of them and replacing them with newer
plastic containers that are certified BPA - free, or better yet, switch to glass or pyrex.
Sandwich Bags — My
older kids get a packed lunch every day and I wanted to avoid packing them in
plastic containers because of concerns about the safety of chemicals that may leak into food.
I store mine in an
old plastic baby wipes
container I had.
Go from the time - wasting disorganization of
old plastic mismatched
containers, to the simplicity of easier and safer reusable food storage with our new bundle.
Recycling and reusing are good for the environment, but you shouldn't use
plastic takeout
containers from restaurants and grocery stores,
old margarine tubs or polystyrene boxes to reheat leftovers, according to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.
ReCommunity invested $ 7.5 million to build and install state - of - the art sorting equipment in the 52,000 square foot building to process recyclable
plastics,
old newspapers, junk mail, magazines, office papers, cardboard, tin, aluminum and glass food and beverage
containers.
The
old tires, rusty buckets, and
plastic containers that litter the encampments collect stagnant water, making them ideal breeding grounds for mosquito larvae.
Once
plastic containers are
old and scratched up, replace them.
Use a
plastic bottle, pour some into an
old yoghurt
container, whatever.
*** These activities also require additional materials which are easy to come by:
Plastic water bottles (4 per group) Plastic soda bottles (1 per group) Plastic cups (16 per group) Small rocks (2 - 3 cups per group) Sand (2 - 3 cups per group) Old t - shirts (1 per group) Dirt (1 large Ziploc bag per group) Variety of edible plant seeds, at least 8 different kinds (tomato, lettuce, etc...) Salt (1 large container per group) Sticks (10 per group) String (1 roll per group) Roll of plastic trash bags (1 bag per group) Duct tape (1 roll per group) Foam pool noodles (1 per group) Poster board (1 per group) Rubber bands (5 - 10 per group) A container large enough to hold water for testing floatation (ideally 1 per group but can be just 1 for the class) *** Please make sure to rate and leave fe
Plastic water bottles (4 per group)
Plastic soda bottles (1 per group) Plastic cups (16 per group) Small rocks (2 - 3 cups per group) Sand (2 - 3 cups per group) Old t - shirts (1 per group) Dirt (1 large Ziploc bag per group) Variety of edible plant seeds, at least 8 different kinds (tomato, lettuce, etc...) Salt (1 large container per group) Sticks (10 per group) String (1 roll per group) Roll of plastic trash bags (1 bag per group) Duct tape (1 roll per group) Foam pool noodles (1 per group) Poster board (1 per group) Rubber bands (5 - 10 per group) A container large enough to hold water for testing floatation (ideally 1 per group but can be just 1 for the class) *** Please make sure to rate and leave fe
Plastic soda bottles (1 per group)
Plastic cups (16 per group) Small rocks (2 - 3 cups per group) Sand (2 - 3 cups per group) Old t - shirts (1 per group) Dirt (1 large Ziploc bag per group) Variety of edible plant seeds, at least 8 different kinds (tomato, lettuce, etc...) Salt (1 large container per group) Sticks (10 per group) String (1 roll per group) Roll of plastic trash bags (1 bag per group) Duct tape (1 roll per group) Foam pool noodles (1 per group) Poster board (1 per group) Rubber bands (5 - 10 per group) A container large enough to hold water for testing floatation (ideally 1 per group but can be just 1 for the class) *** Please make sure to rate and leave fe
Plastic cups (16 per group) Small rocks (2 - 3 cups per group) Sand (2 - 3 cups per group)
Old t - shirts (1 per group) Dirt (1 large Ziploc bag per group) Variety of edible plant seeds, at least 8 different kinds (tomato, lettuce, etc...) Salt (1 large
container per group) Sticks (10 per group) String (1 roll per group) Roll of
plastic trash bags (1 bag per group) Duct tape (1 roll per group) Foam pool noodles (1 per group) Poster board (1 per group) Rubber bands (5 - 10 per group) A container large enough to hold water for testing floatation (ideally 1 per group but can be just 1 for the class) *** Please make sure to rate and leave fe
plastic trash bags (1 bag per group) Duct tape (1 roll per group) Foam pool noodles (1 per group) Poster board (1 per group) Rubber bands (5 - 10 per group) A
container large enough to hold water for testing floatation (ideally 1 per group but can be just 1 for the class) *** Please make sure to rate and leave feedback.
affix a piece of clear tubing to the bleed nipple, and run the other end of the clear tubing into a small
plastic bottle or other suitable
container to hold the
old brake fluid.
Keep your car clean and organized with easy food storage tricks, like keeping celery or pretzels in a half - empty jar of peanut butter, putting dry snacks in
old coffee creamer bottles, and using a
plastic cereal
container as a small trashcan.
Give a cat a
plastic storage bin, an
old purse, an empty or semi-empty
container of any sort large enough to comfortably hold the cat and chances are he or she will climb in if left undisturbed.
The colony sleeps in
plastic packing
containers and play around an
old fuel tanker truck.
The essentials include a portable kennel, water and food dish, food
container, water jug, neoprene vest, training collar / transmitter / battery charger, leash, dog treats, whistle, small
plastic bags for picking up dog waste, first - aid kit and an
old towel to dry the dog after water hunts.»
Cardboard or
old bed sheets, paint, paint brushes, scissors, pencils, large ruler or T - square, sketchbook, recycled
plastic containers with lids, string, masking tape, bamboo sticks or 1/4 - inch wooden dowels, 1 x 2 inch board or pole, string.
Who could resist these jolly looking tables, chairs and work tops by Smile
Plastics, made from recycled goods found in the garbage:
old yoghurt
containers, charcoal, CD's and money.
From your recycling bin: • two 2L pop bottles (I used Coke Zero) • mouth was bottle • two shampoo or conditioner bottles (
plastic deodorant
containers may work too) • round
plastic dip or spread
container • thin cardboard from cereal boxes or something similar • paper towel tube From the thrift store or the back of your closet: •
old purse with brown faux - leather straps From the craft store, hardware store or your supply cabinet: • scissors and x-acto knife • glue gun and glue sticks • white glue • masking tape • wire • spray primer • spackling paste • silver spray paint • craft paint in bronze, pewter and black • paint brushes
Keep in mind that most auto places will take your
old oil and recycle it if you drop it off in a
plastic container.
Older babies will play happily with household items such as pegs, cotton reels, paper plates, used wrapping paper, spoons and
plastic containers (but not
plastic bags).
Think metal funnels as string sorters,
plastic containers as hidden hideaways and
old palette crates as cute cubby shelving.
Don't throw out your
old terracotta pots, steel
containers and
plastic planters.
We always teased that if we needed anything; a paper bag, a
plastic sandwich meat
container, a toilet paper roll,
old yarn,
old cans of salmon from 1978, that we could ask the in - laws and she'd have it.
Storage Idea: Try using an
old wipes
container to store
plastic bags in your car.
I can re-use my
old container and then recycle the
plastic bags I bought it in.
Some great items you can get at thrift stores and dollar stores are
old picture frames, vases, candleholders,
old books, fake pumpkins, faux leaves and pinecones, and
plastic containers that can be painted.
I simply poured my entire 4 fluid - ounce jar of English yellow Chalk Paint ® into a clean
plastic container, and then used that same jar to measure and pour in three parts of the
Old White Chalk Paint ® into my
plastic container.
I've started using more of them for storing food leftovers as I slowly get rid of all the
plastic containers that are
old, cracked and bad for me and for the environment.