Sentences with phrase «uses old plastic»

S. - based artist Isabelle Garbani's «Invasive Species» uses old plastic shopping bags — made into crocheted «leaves» with the help of local children and other volunteers — to represent the dangerous spread both of non-native plants and animals and of plastic trash.

I just used an old plastic cutter I had on hand, but I now have this set on my wishlist as you get such a variety of sizes and both regular and scalloped in this Double Sided Round Cutter Set.

Has anyone tried using old plastic table cloths or runners to make things like this?

These are a must have if are using those old plastic litter boxes.

Since it is 2 years later that I found this, it is probably too late for you; however, for anyone who wants a smoother finish: dip your brush in water (I used an old plastic bowl), drag the brush against the side of the bowl to remove some, then dip the brush into the paint.

Not exact matches

After five years at NewAge Industries, a manufacturer of plastic tubing, each employee receives a yearly $ 720 charge card to use in the restaurant of the William Penn Inn, a 296 - year - old landmark near the company's headquarters in Southampton, Pennsylvania.

We had been using it for 15 + years without giving any thought as to what might be leaching into our coffee from all its old plastic parts.

Sugar maples are tapped with plastic spigots (older spigots used were metal), and the taps are connected via plastic tubing to a collection tank in the sugarhouse.

«I think the plastic salad box used to be old soda bottles,» Walch quipped.

We're already using a lot of things that replace disposables, but an old habit dying hard has been plastic ware in my lunch bag at work.

Also trash bags: I'm using up my old plastic grocery bags by filling them with my trash instead of buying more big plastic trash bags.

Hold off on using booster seats without belts, such as the plastic cube - shaped seats you often see in restaurants, until your child's about 36 months old.

We've been using these plastic pants for our 6 year old for about 6 months.

Younger kids can help glue on the felt decorations on the purses and older kids who are developmentally able to do so can use their developing fine - motor skills to cut and even sew (with a child - safe plastic needle) stitching on the sides to make the pouch.

Glass and stainless bottles offer plastic - free bottle alternatives, or you can convert standard water bottles using this handy attachment for older babies.

Fortunately, I have some tips for her and any other frazzled mom like myself who has found a three - week old, used diaper beneath several plastic baggies of stale goldfish and pre-opened squeeze packets.

Many midwives also recommend using old sheets for the bed and having a layer of plastic under the old sheets.

The rest of my diapers I use the old fashioned pin and plastic on the outside.

We used plastic cups, but old formula cans, coffee cans, yogurt cartons, really anything will work as your «box».

We have collected over 40 easy, fun and engaging crafts for toddlers and preschoolers to create this Halloween and they all share the same start point: All of these Halloween crafts are created using items we trash every day — toilet and tissue paper rolls, paper plates, egg cartons, plastic bottles, lids and cups, popsicle sticks, old CDs or DVDs, cardboard boxes and metal lids!

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.

When washing dishes allow your older toddler to stand on a step stool at the sink with you or let him sit on the floor with a dish bin with some soap and wash dishes (use a plastic table cloth the protect the floor).

For my youngest son, who is the first child I have used complete cloth diapering I went to the store and purchased a pack of pre-folds, pins, and 6 - 8 plastic pants (the old fashioned kind).

While you might have the plastic variety of these pads hanging around, old receiving blankets are much more portable, and more importantly, easy to put in the washing machine after use.

Here is a sensory bin for the older kids with real dirt (or alternately, used coffee grounds) and plastic bugs, spiders and insects.

And if you're using older, secondhand bottles, they may have bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to make hardened plastic.

Boon Pulp Silicone Feeder Mesh feeders are a great way to introduce food to your little one when they are ready for solids (check with your doctor - this is usually around six months or older), and Boon's feeder is an ideal option made without plastic, using durable silicone instead.

«My baby used both cloth and the one with plastic lining, but I prefer the latter,» Ruby, a mom of a two - year - old girl, shared with theAsianparent Philippines.

For example, small plastic animals are fun for a young toddler who may make a shoebox house for them, while an older toddler can use them to act out a story she makes up.

Four - year - old Luca was taken to the fire station by his mother where cutters were used to free him from the plastic seat.

The 24 - year - old Waterford woman recently launched «Earth's Last Straw,» a grassroots campaign to reduce the use of plastic straws in Saratoga County.

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.

They talked about devising ways to turn old or used vehicle tires into comfortable chairs, plastic bottles into pencil cases, pieces of fabrics they collected from tailoring shops into fashion products and sachets of fibers into linens for fashion products to make them water - proof.

Since 2014, Dell's closed - loop supply chain has used 4.2 million pounds of plastics recycled from old electronic devices in 34 new products.

The committee recognized Dell for its OptiPlex 3030 All - in - One desktop computer, the first computer to use UL Environment - certified, closed - loop, recycled plastic from old electronics.

A federal government study now reports that bisphenol A (BPA)-- the building block of one of the most widely used plastics — laces the bodies of the vast majority of U.S. residents young and old.

93 Percentage of individuals 6 years and older whose urine contained detectable bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in the manufacture of some plastics, in a CDC study published in 2007.

Downhole hammers are not new — the oil and gas and mining industries have used them since the 1950s — but the older design, with its reliance on oil - based lubricants, plastic and rubber O - rings, isn't suited for the hotter temperatures of geothermal drilling.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

A friend gave me a glass spray bottle as a gift and I've since made several more using old Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar bottles with the tops from a plastic bottle.

Make plastic - free produce bags using organic cloth, mesh or even old t - shirts and avoid plastic at the store with this inexpensive and easy alternative!

I use an old mini-food processor with a plastic dough blade that I found at a thrift shop.

If you opt to use plastic kitchenware, at least get rid of the older, scratched - up varieties, avoid putting them in the dishwasher, and don't wash them with harsh detergents, as these things can cause more chemicals to leach into your food

# 5) Sneak into the basement each day after school and train for 2 hours using Dad's old concrete filled plastic weight set from Sears and Roebucks.

Health - Ade Kombucha is crafted the old - fashioned way using an all - glass process to avoid plastic or metal leaching.

Use a plastic bottle, pour some into an old yoghurt container, whatever.

Most of the new brushes are meant to be denser too, 12 and 13 tend to get fluffier with use (hence the old ones look slightly fluffier than the new ones that just came out of the plastic wrapping)

This week, I made the most awesome piece of furniture using the metal legs of a disgusting old plastic bucket styled chair and I couldn't be any happier with it!

For my tarp, I used an old dollar store plastic tablecloth left over from a birthday party.

Before attempting to fold, place a ruler along the top edge of the design and use a craft bone folder tool or the corner of an old plastic card (like a gift card) to line along the top of the design, along the edge of the ruler, depressing down into your cardstock.