Extension Servie offers recycling suggesions for the holidays

Extension

Servie offers recycling suggesions for the holidays

To encourage

environmental responsibility during the holiday season,

Fayette County Extension Service offers recycling

suggestions for each day from Dec. 1 until Christmas.

25

Recycling Days Until Christmas

25. Grow a

plant from your kitchen trash (avocado, pineapple).

24. Recover

your school books over the holidays using brown paper

sacks.

23. Use

unmatched socks as cleaning rags.

22. Cover

cereal boxes with leftover wallpaper, fabric or shelf

lining to be used as file or magazine holders.

21. Clean

up your craft closet and help others at the same time.

Donate any used material to your local quilt or sewing

guild.

20. Use old

Christmas cards to make mosaic coloring book pictures.

(Cut up cards into small squares, brush glue onto

picture, place squares on page.)

19. Make

homemade cleaning supplies from items commonly found in

your pantry.

18. When

buying presents, look for items that come in reusable

containers or with the least amount of packaging

possible.

17. Tired

of junk mail? Write to:

Mail

Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association, P.O.

Box 9008, Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735-9008. Request to have

your name taken off the marketing list.

16. Wrap

your gifts creatively, using the comic strip, sports

page, calendars, wallpaper, fabric or decorated sacks.

15. Buy and

use rechargeable batteries for all those Christmas toys.

14. Avoid

using disposable dinnerware. If you absolutely must use

plastic cups, write names on the cups to discourage

waste.

13. Make

handmade gift tags from old Christmas cards.

12. Bring

your old shoes in to be recycled. Many repair shops

accept shoes, repair them at training centers, then

donate them to needy families.

11. Make it

a point to donate your old newspapers and aluminum cans

to your local church, school, or community organization.

10.

Volunteer at a Christmas tree recycling site. Call the

Fayette County Extension Office at 770-460-3750 extension

412 to volunteer.

9. Call the

Fayette County Extension Office for a list of local

recycling sites.

8. Cleaning

up the yard before hanging the lights? Start a compost

pile with this fall's yard waste.

7. Give

presents that benefit the earth. Plants and shrubs make

long-lasting gifts.

6. Make a

bird feeder from recycled plastic bottles.

5. Make

gift tags from last year's Christmas cards.

4. Using

extra pine roping and discarded Christmas tree branches

for mulch.

3. Cut up

used computer paper and use for scratch paper.

2. Donate

those bikes sitting in the garage collecting dust to a

local charity.

1. Bring

your packing peanuts and bubble wrap to your local mailer

for reuse.