Clear Plastic Boxes and How They Can Help Things on Earth
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Photo by IronRodArt – Royce BairYou would have to live under a rock to not be aware that the earth is in trouble. This includes a shortage of drinking water, contaminated ponds and oceans, waste overtaking all kinds of areas, and a ton of other disasters. One of the biggest problems that have grown to gargantuan proportions in the past fifty years is trash.
Packaging waste is one of the main culprits when it comes to trash overtaking landfills and spilling into oceans. Even cardboard does not help as so many people still do not recycle. When people do recycle, the cardboard item is still going to create solid waste or be burnt eventually. Cardboard also comes from wood, and trees do not need to be reduced and abused any further.
Another problem (that may seem less pressing) is that of organization, clutter, and junk taking over household and office spaces. This is especially true in America. This lack of order takes away from time for family and leisure time; time is already scarce and stress and health become factors when it is further compromised.
So what do these things have to do with each other and how can they be helped? The answer is in clear plastic boxes. Yes, you read correctly. Companies that manufacture and distribute any number of items have taken to using packaging that is reusable. When this is done with plastic, the capacity for the reuse and its potential is phenomenal.
Following are some interesting statistics:
- A plastic box usually lasts about ten years. This can mean that 400 cardboard boxes are not needed.
- Only 250,000 boxes being used can mean that 10 million cardboard ones annually are no longer being used.
- Plastic boxes can be recycled when they can no longer be used.
And clutter and disorganization? Using a clear plastic box can mean time, frustration, space, and more are saved. They can be used to store fishing tackle and tools, sewing accessories, jewelry, small toys, building and construction tools, garage items, toys, sports items, and many more. Imagine reaching for your small scrap booking items and coming up with the exact one you need without searching, fumbling, and getting frustrated.
It is increasingly apparent that the world’s people need more time, less stress, less stuff, and to pay attention to the earth’s woes. A simple item like a plastic box can help begin the journey to these tough journeys.
Ways to Recycle Plastic 55 Gallon Drums
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Photo by brewbooksMany industries including bottling companies like Coca Cola tend to throw away plastic 55 gallon drums especially when the materials that have been supplied in the containers have already served their purpose, or the containers can’t anymore deliver the quality that manufacturing companies inculcate in their work practices. Some of these 55 gallon drums usually end up filling our landfills where they will corrode so slowly for a very, very long time. The government has yet to issue certain laws mandating more appropriate disposal procedures and methods.
But as these things go on, many people from all walks of life seem to have found certain uses for these discarded 55 gallon drums. In fact, if you check online, you will find people asking where they can get some for free, or even in exchange for some fair price. 55 gallon plastic drums, after all, need not continue filling our landfills only to serve as potential hazards to our environment. There are better ways for them to be disposed of, all thanks to all these people who were resourceful and frugal enough to have applied some of their bright ideas into action.
Some typical uses of 55 Gallon Drums:
- Due to the hard economic times, many people today are now resorting to home vegetable gardening. And in order to sustain this, they use plastic 55 gallon drums for planting the seeds and letting the vegetables grow.
- For people with bigger plots for vegetable gardens, they use the drums to collect rain water and act as huge water sprinklers as well.
- Because most of these drums used to contain harmful chemicals and materials before they were discarded, some eccentric people use these drums to breed some insects and algae. Once the drums can sustain life forms, it means that they’re already safe to use for other things.
- Majority of the consumer population who has 55 gallon drums at home use it as trash bins for lack of other ideas.
Bright Ideas Are Always Welcome
If all people are as resourceful as those first three mentioned above, our government wouldn’t be having such a hard time coming up with ways to dispose of waste materials other than by just simply bringing them to the landfills to rot and corrode. So start small, and from there, nourish the ideas that come to mind, no matter how weird it may be at first. Secondhand plastic 55 gallon drums are after all very strong, sturdy, easy to clean and can withstand a lot of external factors. They’re good for the gardens and good for the homes. If you think hard enough, more uses will eventually come to mind.
This principle does not only apply to the use of these drums, but it should be employed to other areas of your life as well. So, recycle, recycle, recycle!
Using Plastic Bins
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There are homes that are filled with plastic. As you walk in you see plastic on their couch, over the lazy boy, a plastic runner on the floor, take a look in the cupboards and there are plastic plates and glasses, in the drawers plastic forks, knives and spoons. Are these the plastic people you hear about?
These plastic people stock their homes with plastic bins, because there are many different types to choose from. The organizational uses that can be achieved using bins prove to be enormous. There would more than likely be three bins in assorted colors in their kitchens. These bins would be used for recycling their glass, paper and of course plastic.
When walking into the children’s rooms, there are bins to store dolls, trucks and other toys, because plastic people are very organized. There would also be bins for books, crayons, pencils, backpacks and the girls need a place to put their combs, brushes and barrettes.
As you go into the closet of the parent’s room, there will be bins that hold purses, decorative gift bags and tissue paper, as well as travel luggage, all stacked up neatly to make extra room for all her shoes. Then on his side you will see sports gear, sweaters neatly folded, hats and tie clips, leaving room to spare for the golf trinkets.
Then in the bathroom there are a few small bins stacked next to the sink that hold towels and wash clothes, hand soap, shampoo, toothpaste, ear swabs and toilet paper. Everything can be reached by adults and children. This is something the plastic people really enjoy about the bins, is that they come in different sizes and colors to match the style of any room.
Now in the garage there are bins on top of the workbench and bins that are underneath. The bins on top of the workbench have tools and rags along with nuts and bolts. There are small bins holding hooks, bobbers and flies for fishing. Underneath the workbench are containers of oil, grease, paper towel as well as small power tools and electrical cords. These bins keep everything very organized so the plastic people can park their car in the garage.
Plastic bins can be used in the garage, storage shed, home, office or workplace to keep things organized and neat. These types of bins are economical and come in many colors and sizes. You don’t have to be a plastic person to get organized, just a person who wants to be organized and use plastic.
