1. Egg containers
First, plastic and cardboard egg containers can be reused for their intended purpose. If you buy eggs in bulk, they will be cheaper, as 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 to open ground or greenery on a windowsill.
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Thirdly, you can put a laptop that overheats when working on cardboard cells. The embossed surface of the container will not interfere with air access 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 you can use worn out things for this. Now the situation has changed, and people look more strangely at those who clean the floors with an old shirt. Nevertheless, it is environmentally friendly and economical to use old textiles for cleaning.
Another long-known but forgotten option is to tear the knitwear into strips and tie a rug out of them. With some care, you will get a full hygge.
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4. Plastic bags
If you still haven’t got the idea of buying a cloth bag and carrying it with you and keep buying bags, at least reuse them. For example, you can take a plastic item with you the next time you go shopping. And then it will perfectly replace the garbage bag.
5. Banks
Glass containers for pickles, coffee and other products will turn into ordinary jars if the labels are washed off. Branded covers can be a problem, but buying only the lid will be much cheaper than buying the whole dish. Jars can be used as candlesticks, flower vases, food storage containers or various small items.
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6. Toothbrush
With an old toothbrush, it is convenient to wash cracks and hard-to-reach places, tile seams and even vegetables.
7. Shower cap
Don’t throw away your old shower cap. It can be used to quickly pack shoes while covering dirty soles. And you don’t have to spend money on a boot cover.
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8. Shoelaces and ribbons
Shoelaces and ribbons are useful for wrapping gifts and tying everything that can be tied up.
9. Old baking pan
You can paint a metal pan or cover it with paper, find a pair of magnets, and you will get a board for storing notes and notes.
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10. Plastic bottles
It is convenient to take water with you in small plastic bottles. A special and more aesthetic container will cost you much more, but the difference between them will only be noticeable in photos on Instagram*.
11. Toilet paper bushings
If you wrap wires or garlands around cardboard cylinders, they will not get tangled up. A few cylinders and a box or suitcase can turn into an organizer for storing the same wires or other not-so-small items.
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12. Trouser and skirt hangers
One broken hanger is two clothespins that can be used to cover cereal bags.
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13. Ketchup bottles
Sometimes in catering, you can see that mayonnaise and other sauces are poured into ketchup bottles. No one prevents you from repeating this trick at home and not spending money on special containers. At the same time, you can save money by buying sauces in large but inconvenient to use jars.
14. Old magazines
Glossy publications can be recycled, or you can make an ottoman or bedside table out of them. In the first case, you need to fix the pillow on top, in the second case, limit yourself to a magazine with a more or less hard cover.
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15. Plastic food containers
Mayonnaise buckets, cream cheese containers and other similar containers are made of food-grade material, perform their functions perfectly and you already have them. So you can do without buying such dishes.
16. suitcase
An old suitcase can make a comfortable pet bed. 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).
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17. Worn mittens
In old mittens, you can store sunglasses that will not be scratched or broken in such a case. For beauty, you can cut off the finger compartment on the mitten and sew it neatly, but even in its original form, the mitten will do its job perfectly.
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