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When discussing fabric decomposition, organic cotton takes about two weeks to decompose versus polyester which can take up to 200 years! These fuzzy bundles will help to keep moisture and air in your compost heap. Once it is mixed in your plants will love you!
“Use an empty Tissue box to neatly collect all your Dryer Lint. When it is full, throw the whole box into the composter.
No lint “piles” on the dryer, overfilled containers, no more mess – just keep push the lint back into the tissue box.”
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As you can beyond this print, is a picture of all of the Plastic Pollution collected on the Lake Erie shoreline
I’m sure most people reading this article have used plastic bags for shopping at some point.
Although the first official plastic bags were invented in 1965, they didn’t become mainstream in supermarkets across North America until the mid 80’s. Cost to produce these bags was the number one reason retailers were keen to change to plastic.
At one time, It was believed that it would be helpful to the environment because less trees would be sacrificed for making paper bags. The inventor (Sten Gustaf Thulin) had a vision. He believed his plastic bags could be reused because of their durability, cost retailers less, thereby increasing profits, and they were easy to produce too!
The true cost may not have been known then, but what is our excuse today? There is a plethora of information available of the detrimental effects they are having on our planet. Plastic bags can be found everywhere! They are in the depths of our oceans threatening wildlife, and guess what, with their breakdown from the elements, microplastics are born.
Microplastics are in our drinking water now and in foods we consume. Just one small change can impact the planet, don’t use single use plastic items such as shopping bags!
At Just a small change, we have a simple solution. Our crocheted market bags are highly functional and come in a wide variety of colors and patterns to choose from. They are durable and easily laundered. A commitment to changing this one thing will have a significant impact globally on reducing microplastics in our environment.
Here are the steps that I used to create a DIY Rain Barrel that we use to collect and distribute rain water to our gardens
Purchase a food grade 55 gal plastic drum. Check local food manufacturers or classified-type sites.
Purchase 2 of the Tap sets for this project
Cut the required hole size for Taps into the plastic barrel at the required height
(Tap mid-way up the barrel allows for filing watering containers, where a bottom tap usually feeds a soaker line)
Next, cut an opening in the top of the plastic barrel large enough to capture the rushing rain water out of your eavesthrough’s gutters.
