Quite honestly, sometimes I am way to easily distracted... and today was a stellar example. Earlier during the day, I was in the process of 'Spring Cleaning'. Yep, I am kinda late getting it underway, but as they say, 'better late than forgetting about it completely'... So, during that annual ritual it occurred to me that I had loads of undergarments and tons of old socks that were never gonna be used again by anyone in my household. And I just could not bring myself to just dump this stuff , there had to be an alternative... something, somewhere that could/would recycle or repurpose this mountain of old cloth into something that was again useful.
Now, I know many people have very strong feeling about reusing items of this nature. I can feel the 'yucks and ewws' from my readers, but unfortunately 'undergarment disposal' is a huge environmental issue. Anyways I'm frugal, repurpose obsessed, a DIY'er who is totally resolved in taking whatever little steps I can, to reduce my carbon footprint. So, I began a search.
Anyway... I know I'm not alone, this is a view shared by many... everywhere, and because of this resolve, I began looking for options that supported an alternate disposal system for these garments. And to my delight, there are a couple.
Undergarment Disposal:
Use It Again
5 Ways To Recycle Underwear
Old Socks:
20 Ways To Reuse Old Socks
10 Uses For Old Socks
Even though this discussion strays a bit from the theme of my blog, and I am stressing 'straying a bit' because I believe Spring Cleaning is an extension of DIYing. You see, I am finding stuff to update, transform and 'add a new life to' as we chat and then there are the items that can be donated [which is actually adding another life]... OK, I know, donating is a completely different area of discussion.
But, since I am straying, I also found other sites that offered recycling solutions, which I listed below. Just couldn't overlook the opportunity to share this.
Miscellaneous:
360: Bottle Caps
Wow, You Can Recycle That
Preserve #5 Plastics
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1800Recycling
Patagonia
Patagonia will repair, recycle and reuse their damaged or discarded apparel.
Mother Nature Network
Patagonia
Patagonia will repair, recycle and reuse their damaged or discarded apparel.
Mother Nature Network
"In a lifetime, the average American
will throw away 600 times his or her
adult weight in garbage. This means
that each adult will leave a legacy of
as much as 100,000 lbs. of trash for
his or her children."
GreenEarthRec.com
This is a touchy topic, but the majority of our 'throw away's end up in landfills, and we are all aware of the mounds of discarded paraphernalia that saturates our dumps nationwide/worldwide.
Even though this post might conjures up icky thoughts, this really is a problem that everyone should ponder and hopefully address. We simply throw WAY too many things in our garbage.
"Landfill is the worst environmental option
for much of the waste produced in this
country. The methane it produces is a
potent greenhouse gas-21 times more
potent than carbon-dioxide [ CO₂]"
GreenEarthRec.com
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