Paper conservation in the bathroom
If you don't (and a lot of us don't) already recycle your toilet paper tubes, try making it a habit. A family of four uses about 240 rolls per year - add up all those tubes, and it's a lot of landfill space. It's tempting to just throw them out, but there are tricks that make recycling a little more convenient.
Keep a separate basket just for recyclable paper next to the trash can in your bathroom.
If you've got a plunger next to the toilet, you can put the rolls onto the handle and stack them until they reach the top of the handle, then transfer them to your recycle bin.
When you reach for a new roll, put the old tube into the bag or box the toilet paper came in, and keep it up until all the new rolls are gone.
- DLTK's Crafts for Kids - more than 100 kiddie crafts that use toilet paper tubes.
- World Environmental Organization - 15 ways to reuse tubes (no kids necessary).
