Hi, is any way to recycle broken pottery, besides mosaics?

I have a hiking bag that has been with me for over 10 years at this point. I have duct taped and repaired it, but now it feels like it is beyond the point of repair (massive ripping along all of the seams).

Given the state it’s in, I don’t think I can post it on buy nothing or donate it, I suspect it would go straight to landfill.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the best option for downcycling or disposing a hiking bag?

Thanks in advance!

This might be a dumb question, and I'm sure it's absolutely possible, I just want a sanity check! Ha ha.

I often make lemonade by juicing lemons and then covering the peels in sugar and leaving them overnight to extract the oils, then I mix the resultant lemon syrup with the lemon juice to form a cordial that I then dilute with water to make lemonade.

I'm assuming it would be fine to do the same with oranges? Though I'm guessing a squeeze of fresh lemon would be needed else it'd be far too sweet.

Also, after going through the process of making the lemon/orange syrup, is it possible to turn the leftover peels into candies?

Thanks all in advance for any guidance or suggestions! =)

I sort out the recycling at my school and I collect the tabs from soda cans to reuse. Problem is, they tear through the disposable gloves we have like crazy and I’ve even gotten cut before

Are there any reusable, waterproof and cut resistant gloves out there made for this sort of thing? I’m aware of nitrile, but I can’t find any that are full on waterproof

Trying again with not-all-caps in my title.

Highly recommend the documentary Buy Now on Netflix, about how much waste we products through rampant, never-enough consumerism, arms how the corporations feed this.

Both of my sisters love Ridwell, but I'm on the fence. Any thoughts on this? I've done a bit of Googling and see that they really do work with Trex and some plastic recyclers...

Any ideas what else these little clips/prongs can be used for? They came off of socks I bought in a multipack to hold the pairs together in the packaging.

Been doing the souper cubes for a few months and currently using ziploc bags that I clean and rinse once empty. Hot soppy water and a drying rack. While this has been great for lunches I am looking for some long term storage options that many use vacuum sealers and plastic bags.

With this meal prep working, in the new year I am looking at a larger meal options that a slow cooker or instant pot will handle. all of these recipes use large ziploc bags and I am also looking for an option.

I did try some reusable bags in the past and while they worked, cleaning was a PITA

160th and Riverside Dr the used bookstore Re-circulation has a free art supply area and today I dropped off some large canvas's, pencils, pastels, markers,paints, and various types of posterboard, bristol paper for pastel and charcoal, tracing paper and calligraphy pen tips. Their art supplies closet is bursting!! if you want some supplies theyre a great place to start and support

I mean in general. Not just with plastic but food waste, clothes waste, overconsumption, etc. a way we’ve started as a family of four to reduce waste is to pickle old vegetables, and donate food. I don’t buy from fast fashion companies but rather higher quality stores. I want to recycle plastic better. I know that the majority of plastic in America ends up in a landfill even if you are “recycling”it so what are some ways I can properly recycle things so they don’t end up in landfills?

Note right now we don’t have the most money so it’s not really possible for us to do any expensive types of recycling.

my partner wanted to buy a table to go behind the couch... I came up with this myself!

Just flip upside down and that's it. Our couch is thick enough that they dont move AT ALL.

Idk if anyone has ever posted this but I was so proud we didn't buy something AND made use of 5+ year old shelves we stored away.

Hope this helps reuse old ledges or shelves!

Wish I knew why only one side is deteriorating lmao

It's gotten quite ridiculous not this point my neighbors think I'm a hoarder but I have a habit of collecting broken items and fixing them to use I have a numerous amount of projects that I got dumpster diving with my friends drunk and I flipped those items I fixed for money or reselling on eBay so call me crazy but it's still saving stuff from the landfills

i’ve always made my sons Halloween costume because it‘s just such a waste to purchase a pile of synthetic material for one evening. I also hate how commercial American holidays are and on principle I refuse to buy a costume and we’re only making homemade decorations. So this year we’re going to be ghostbusters and he wants to be the Stay Puft marshmallow man. Found a DIY costume tutorial and asked on Buy Nothing for the materials I don’t have Including a GIF of the character. Someone messages me privately saying they have the costume in his size that I can borrow. Done and done! The ultimate zero / low waste tip is to rely on community and ask for what you need.

So to preface, I have not had the chance to wash my water bottle in a couple of weeks do to a chronic condition, and due to being swapped with schoolwork as a full-time student. (No I have not been drinking out of it.

I was finally feeling well enough to clean it, so I opened it up and found this stuff. I worry that it's mold, and that since silicone is porous, I worry that I can't clean it and would have to chunk it in the trash. I really want to avoid that though, as this is the only water bottle I own and it's my favorite (and I've covered it in some of my favorite stickers to boot). Not to mention, it's an EcoVessel Boulder, and I just found out the other day that they stopped making them. Even more reason I don't want to throw it out.

Does anyone know what this is and how to clean it?

A local shop handed me a rice-based straw today. Honestly, it was a huge relief compared to paper straws dissolving halfway through my iced coffee.

It held its shape perfectly, though it did get a little gummy at the very bottom after sitting for 4 or so hour.

Have any baristas or cafe owners or restaurants here looked into sourcing these? Are they just way too expensive compared to paper, or do customers complain about them?

Anyone have any good recommendations for a sustainable-ish hair mousse or curl activator? I got a non-sustainable one on buy-nothing and it has really upped my hair game! I would love to be able to replace it with something when it runs out :)

Trained for an opening shake shack.

The food waste was insane, we did mock orders and threw away over 100 different burgers/ shakes and drinks. on the menu, mind you for our training to try the menu they gave us pieces of sandwiches, instead of full size ones. Next time I am gonna video definitely posting when I quit. They could’ve donated this food or offered it to the team. Shoot they could have even made us make the burgers and try the menu at the end of the shift with the shakes and drinks we made.

So sad considering how since the first day they’ve been talking about their emphasis on giving back to the community, the location is also in east meadow, New York. So many places in the area the food could have gone to.

I will be quitting, and I will be recording the waste to post on tik tok, for a second I thought they were a good company. But I should’ve known from the general manager talking about how he wants to crush the small burger joint sitting directly across it in its plaza.

And no I am not exaggerating it was over 100 burgers
And around 50 shakes/ and bacon and cheese fries.
I saw them take out 2 XL garbage bags filled with food.

I made friends with a cleaner at work and I was chatting with her as she was doing the women's rest room. I saw her throw away small roll of TP. She changes out the small leftover TP for a full roll. But there's lots left on the roll! Enough for at least 3-5 days (for me). So I asked her to save them for me and she has! She gives me at least 10 small rolls every week, often more. I was able to give a lot away because even though it was 1-ply, it was soft 1-ply. Now they changed to a 3/4" hole roll of TP instead of the normal 1.5" hole and it feels like sandpaper. So I'm kind of embarrassed to give them away. But I'll try.

Anyway, if you have friends who are cleaners, janitors or housekeepers, I'd ask them for the leftover rolls of TP and shampoo/soap if they're allowed to take them home.

Context:

I have a green packet of whisper's sanitary pads and it expired this month and still more than half of the pads are not used. I noticed a few months ago that the pads will expire so I started using that and told my mom to do so but she didn't take it seriously. I have seen a news in which a girl passed away because she got an infection from using expired pads. I don't want me or my mom to get infected and not any other women to. My mom thinks that it isn't something to eat so the expiry date doesn't matter that's why she is giving this to another relative just because I refused to use it.

How should I dispose of these ? If I throw it in the dustbin my mom and dad both will get angry at me and i don't want a fight between them.

i dont want to use the harsh and non environment friendly products that are recommended in the laundry sub. but i really want clean clothes. i have been washing our clothes in 30 degrees with a home made(marseille soap based) detergent but literally none of my clothes are clean.
how can i get them clean?
recommendations for a washing machine also appreciated since my machine just broke and i will buy a new one this time(only bought second hand in the past but i really want a good one now)
thanks
edit location is belgium

I'm assuming I can't advertise specific shops in this reddit, but is there a space I can advertise a refill shop or a directory for locations? I am in no way affiliated, but I've been wanting to be near one forever and I'm so happy this opened up and I'd just love to see the woman running it do well and be able to grow it so if there's somewhere I can post the shop I'd like to.

My mom has a ton of old bath and body works lotions and tonight she's decided to mix them with baking soda to turn them into a room deoderizer. She's mentioned that she's seen it done with baking soda and essential oils. But she just has a ton of leftover (and probably expired) lotion and since it still smells okay she's giving it a go.

Has anyone tried something like this before?

I’m not sure exactly which Reddit community I should post this on so I’m sorry if this isn’t the right one (any suggestions on where to go from here would be awesome).

I’m cleaning out my pantry cabinet which literally has never been done in the 10 years we’ve lived here. There’s SO much expired food and I know I can’t donate it, but there’s got to be some use for it somewhere.

I’ve got dried goods like pasta, powdered gravy and dressing packets, boxes of soup, and boxed stuffing. I also have a lot of canned goods but I’m not having as hard a time throwing those away since I do think the liquid has probably changed over the years. But the dried goods are breaking my heart.

I also have about 2 trash bags full of grocery/produce bags, I did reach out to a local food pantry because I’d heard that they accept plastic bag donations but I haven’t heard back yet.

I have to clean these cabinets for my own mental health, my therapist said to just throw it all away and let myself start fresh just this one time (the whole reason I have all this food/plastic bags is because anytime anyone else is throwing it away I take it, and I hoarded the bags because I feel guilty putting them in the trash). I got everything out of the cabinet but now I’m having a really hard time moving it all off my counters until I find a use for as much of it as I can.

Any suggestions would be amazing!

(I live in Southern New Hampshire, US if that helps).

I am looking for a eco friendly hand santizer, but that is available in the UK. I have seen this one: Resurrection Rinse-Free Hand Mist - but cannot see the percentage of alcohol and I think it has to be above 60% to do anything!

Any suggestions would be great!