The switch to reusable dish cloths began a few years ago, when we first moved into our current home.
As with all house moves, there is much cleaning involved; enough to make you instantly realise you need some dish cloths.
Twice a day we brush our teeth, so toothpaste is pretty quick to get through. Apart from all the worries you might have about what’s in your toothpaste, it’s also a shame that store-bought toothpaste comes in a tube that you can’t recycle or reuse (I have tried reusing one before…did not work out as nicely as I hoped!)
So maybe it’s time to try DIT toothpaste with this squeezable homemade toothpaste recipe. (more…)
After cleaning out our overflowing cutlery drawer, it became evident that there were many unnecessary spoons of unknown origin. These miscellaneous spoons were making it quite hard to access the spoons with which I preferred to eat. So it was time to take action with an upcycled spoon project. (more…)
Thanks to the tip by some fellow readers of Green Lifestyle, my veggie scraps now have one more stop inside the home before they get used outside. And what do I get out of it? FREE STOCK! (more…)
Recently, I learned a fantastic reusing trick from my fabulously thrifty friend, Amber. Not only does Amber inspire me always in a plastic-less quest, but she also shared with me this thrifty and waste-saving cooking tip:
Using butter packaging as a baking paper substitute!! (more…)
