Brummet's Conscious Blog

Limitless Reuse The concept of reusing is as limitless as your imagination… When some item around the home falls apart, is not worth repairing and is destined for the landfill… take a quick moment to look it over first. You might find the doors of a cabinet have decent hinges, handles, magnets that can be removed with a screwdriver. Even legs and wheels from furniture can be removed and reused. Screws, bolts and washers… these are all worth saving too. Handles from pots and pans can come in handy for fashioning custom tools, or they can be used to make a storage box easy to carry; attached to the back of a cupboard they become something handy to drape your rubber gloves on.  These various parts can easily be organized and stored in clear plastic containers of various appropriate sizes (wash and reuse containers from the kitchen, i.e. peanut butter, mayonnaise, etc.). Over the years you may find that the button jar has gotten full, or you can’t fit another hinge in th...