Tag: reuse

Ask Me Anything: Recycle Prescription Bottles, Help with Student Financial Aid

Dear Cheapskate: Do you know of any place where I can donate empty plastic prescription bottles? It seems such a waste to throw them away.— Susan H., Tennessee Dear Susan: Call your local veterinarian. Most vets are more than happy to receive cleaned prescription bottles with labels removed for dispensing medicines for animals. Humane societies…


13 New Uses for an Old Credit Card

Before you cut up an expired credit card — or toss that silly fake one you got as junk mail — consider all the great things you can do with it! 1. Bookmark. It’ll keep your place and act as a handy straightedge for underlining or highlighting. 2. Glass scraper. A credit card is just…


Cole’s Marine Waste Shopping Bags ‘Not Genuinely Reusable,’ Environmental Group

The Boomerang Alliance, an environmental group that represents over 50 environmental and government organisations have criticised Coles new reusable bags made from plastic marine waste as a “not genuinely reusable.” “Coles have missed a golden opportunity to reduce the use of wasteful plastic bags by continuing to sell disposable shopping bags,” said Toby Hutcheon, Campaign…