Three Ways to Collect Strawberry Seeds

Using and Re-using Every Resource

Want to reduce food waste? Easily plant the seeds from ripe, fresh, fruits and vegetables to make the most of produce.  Follow these three methods to collect and plant the seeds from strawberries:  

1) Scrape the seeds:  Use a knife, fork, or spoon to, carefully, scrape the seeds from the outside of the strawberry and place the seeds aside.

Five Easy Ways To Create Crafts from Recycled Materials

Reuse and "Upcycle" These Common, Household Materials

Using tape, glue, scissors, and a few other craft supplies, you can easily turn the following materials into decor, art projects, and other items, such as... 

1) Books and Magazines:  Turn book and/ or magazine pages into wall decor, gift tags, magnets, and/ or even jewelry.  Use the bindings of books and magazines, or stack the books on top of one another, to create shelves, jewelry boxes, shadow boxes, and other small containers.

GreenLiving Battery Report: Six Types of Batteries

Examine If These Six Categories of Batteries Can be Recycled

1) 9 Volt Batteries: These common, household, batteries can be thrown in the trash, (in most states) but always cover the posts with non-conductive tape before disposal.  This practice will reduce the chance of a fire.

Suprise! You Can Recycle These Three Resources

The Next Step of Recycling...

Recycling is not just about placing plastic, paper, and glass in a green bin once a week. Many household products can be "recycled" and re-purposed, including:

1) Tech equipment: Certain organizations will accept donations of computers, printers, mice, and other, similar, pieces of equipment.  These donations will be cleaned and refurbished, and then given to people or families in need.  Companies that make the computers, such as Dell or Apple, will often take back computers as well if the equipment is simply old and needs to be disposed of properly.

2) Eyeglasses: Have any old pairs of eye glasses that are still in good condition?  Donating eye glasses is a great way to recycle something that normally would just sit in a dresser drawer.  Donation boxes can be found in eye glass stores and other locations, such as public libraries.  Lions Club International encourages people to mail in eye glass donations.

3) Cellphones: Purchasing a new cell phone?  Recycle older cell phones- they will go to people and/ or families in need.  Many cell phone providers will accept donations.

This post was featured in Grady's GreenLiving Tips in April 2016.  Read the original, "Everything You Can Recycle," here.

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