Paper Works!

"Reuse Paper and Reduce Plastic"
Reuse minimizes the amount of trash you produce and conserves resources. You can help the environment by reusing paper. Many of our everyday paper items can be reused and kept out of landfills. It takes much LESS fuel to make new paper from old paper than it does to produce new paper from raw materials. Save the trees and reduce fuel consumption by recycling. Get the most out of the paper you already have by trying the practical and crafty ideas below to reuse it before you recycle it. Waste Paper can be re used in so many ways, be creative! 

Paper Beads

Paper Bowl

Paper Tray

Paper Holder

Mirror Frame

Paper Picture Frame

Paper Pot Holder

Paper Table Design

Paper Trash Basket

Paper Beads Necklace

Wall Paper Picture Frame

Paper Necklace

Waste Paper Basket

Recycled Home Decor

Book Cover Headboard

Recycled Orphan Socks

Hanging Spices Garden

ChopStick Lamp

Recycled Umbrellas

Trophy Fish from Cardboard

Recycled Old Suitcases for Wall Shelves

Jewelry Organizer 

Recycled Plastic Fork 

Recycling Styrofoam into Floor Bricks

Used styrofoam and cooking oils collected can be reused to produce a sturdy brick. 

“The two waste materials can still be useful. The Styrofoam collected from the city’s garbage will pass through a shredder. It will be placed in molders mixed with used cooking oils," The mixture is one kilo shredded Styrofoam and one and a half kilos of used cooking oil. It will be cooked through liquefied premium gas stove until it reaches 300 degree centigrade Celsius. The process takes about 20 minutes cooking and another 10 minutes to cool it down. 

A sturdy brick can be easily compared to a brick made of cement. It can be used as construction material in walk-ways in parks and patios in houses. The Styrofoam bricks are products from the city government-owned engineering landfill of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.

Approximately 30 kilos of Styrofoam are produced by the city a month. Turning Styrofoam into bricks can help the city government in containing its garbage. The city collects about three tons of garbage daily. A bulk of it are re-used and recycled like Styrofoam and cooking oil. 

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