17 things you can reuse

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Give familiar items a second life to save some money and solve a variety of everyday tasks.

1. Containers for eggs

Plastic and cardboard egg containers, firstly, can be reused for their intended purpose. If you buy eggs in bulk, they will be cheaper, since you will not have to overpay for packaging. And to make it convenient to transport them, use an existing container.

Secondly, cardboard cells are great for growing seedlings before moving them outdoors or greenery on the windowsill.

Thirdly, a laptop overheating during operation can be put on cardboard cells. The embossed surface of the container will not interfere with the access of air to cool the device.

2. Ground coffee

Ground coffee beans are suitable for use even after the drink has been brewed and drunk, but for cosmetic purposes. They make an effective body scrub. The easiest option is to simply rub the skin with a damp mass.

3. Cotton clothes and towels

A few years ago, housewives laughed at those who bought cleaning rags, because for this you can use worn-out things. Now the situation has changed, and they look rather strange at those who wash the floors with an old T-shirt. Nevertheless, using used textiles for cleaning is environmentally friendly and economical.

Another long-known, but half-forgotten option is to tear the knitwear into strips and knit a rug from them. With some care, you get a complete hygge.

4. Plastic bags

If you still haven't got the idea to buy a fabric bag and carry it with you and keep buying bags, at least find a reuse for them. For example, you can take a plastic product with you the next time you go shopping. And then it will perfectly replace the trash bag.

5. Banks

Glass containers for pickles, coffee and other products will turn into ordinary jars if you remove the labels from them. Branded lids can be a problem, but buying just a lid will be much cheaper than whole dishes. Jars can be used as candlesticks, flower vases, containers for storing food or other small things.

6. Toothbrush

It is convenient to use an old toothbrush to clean crevices and hard-to-reach places, seams on tiles and even vegetables.

7. Shower cap

Don't throw away your old shower cap. It can be used to quickly pack shoes by covering dirty soles. And you don't have to spend money on a boot cover.

8. Laces and ribbons

Cords and ribbons come in handy for wrapping gifts and tying anything that can be tied.

9. Old baking sheet

A metal baking sheet can be painted or pasted over with paper, find a couple of magnets, and you get a board for storing notes and notes.

10. Plastic bottles

Small plastic bottles are convenient for taking water with you. A special and more aesthetic container will cost you significantly more, but the difference between them will only be noticeable in Instagram photos.

11. Toilet rolls

If you wind wires or garlands around cardboard cylinders, they will not get tangled. Several cylinders and a box or suitcase can turn into an organizer for storing the same wires or other not very small things.

12. Hangers for trousers and skirts

One broken hanger is two clothespins that can be used to close bags of cereals.

13. Ketchup bottles

Sometimes in public catering you can see that mayonnaise and other sauces are poured into ketchup bottles. Nobody bothers you to repeat this trick at home and not spend money on special containers. At the same time, you can save money by buying sauces in large, but inconvenient to use cans.

14. Old magazines

Glossy editions can be recycled, or you can make an ottoman or a bedside table out of them. In the first case, you need to fix the pillow on top, in the second, you need to limit yourself to a magazine with a more or less hard cover.

15. Plastic food containers

Mayonnaise buckets, processed cheese containers and other similar containers are made of food grade material, they do their job perfectly and you already have it. So you can do without buying such dishes.

16. Suitcase

An old suitcase can make a comfortable bed for a pet. And to make the bed soft, the towels from one of the previous paragraphs will come in handy (before they washed the floors, of course).

17. Shabby mittens

Old mittens can be used to store sunglasses that won't scratch or break in a case. For beauty, you can cut off the finger compartment on the mitten and carefully sew it up, but even in its original form, the mitten will do its job perfectly.