| I love eggs for breakfast, as do many people. | | | | of one color by constantly squeezing the tube or |
| However eggs also produce waste that eventually | | | | pouring from the bottle. |
| could end up in a landfill. For starters make sure | | | | Use a Jelly Mold |
| you compost those egg shells. Dig a hole and bury | | | | Here's a neat little trick someone told me recently. |
| them (with other food scraps). Worms will love | | | | For their children's 1st grade class parties she fills |
| you for it by producing nutrient rich castings. | | | | each cup with jello and puts it aside until it is |
| That's the easy part, but what about that darn | | | | finished congealing. Then the kids can pop them |
| egg carton. If your egg cartons are made of | | | | out and have small jello snacks. |
| cardboard type of material then can simply put | | | | Ice Cube Tray |
| them in your recycle container for cardboard. If | | | | Don't try this with cardboard variety as they will |
| they are made from Styrofoam then you need | | | | leak, but with the Styrofoam variety fill the cups |
| to other solutions. I have listed a few below. | | | | up with water and put in your freezer. When |
| Seed starter | | | | frozen you have some really neat ice cubes for |
| You can also use the cardboard style for this as | | | | your next outdoor barbecue. |
| well. Put some potting soil in each cup, then place | | | | Packing Material |
| one to two seeds in the potting soil, cover the | | | | Instead of using Styrofoam packing peanuts or |
| seeds with some of the potting soil. After the | | | | bubble wrap, use your Styrofoam to secure |
| seed have sprouted, push up on the bottom of | | | | objects during shipping so they do not break. If |
| the cup to remove it and transplant it either | | | | you are shipping large packages then you will need |
| outside or to another, bigger pot. If you were | | | | a bunch of them, but that is ok, you have been |
| using the cardboard variety you can cut out the | | | | saving them before you throw them out since |
| cup from the carton and transplant the plant and | | | | there is not hurry to have them end up in your |
| cup to your new area. | | | | local landfill just yet. |
| Easter egg storage | | | | These are just a few that I have gone into detail |
| Do you have those plastic Easter eggs for | | | | with as far as what you can do to use and reuse |
| decoration or Easter egg hunts? Instead of | | | | those egg cartons before you end up throwing |
| storing them in a plastic bag, use your egg | | | | them away. I always recommend however if at |
| cartons instead. | | | | all possible buy your eggs that come in the |
| Paint Palette for kids | | | | cardboard variety egg cartons. These cartons are |
| Do your kids like to paint? Then put a little paint | | | | more readily biodegradable and have many more |
| (environmentally safe paint) in each cup so you | | | | valuable uses then their Styrofoam counterparts, |
| can regulate how much of each color each child | | | | such as turning them into fire starters. |
| gets. This way they do not go through too much | | | | |