Don’t Throw Out Empty Toilet Paper Rolls
One of the biggest mistakes so many people make on a regular basis is to just throw out toilet paper rolls. Making sure to recycle or reuse these small cardboard cylinders is essential because of the fact that they are recyclable as well as can be reused in a variety of ways.
Did you know that the average person uses approximately 20 rolls of toilet paper per year. For a family of 4, that equates to 80 rolls of toilet paper. This doesn’t seem like a lot of waste, but when you consider that most people only toss them in the trash, it can make a difference.
Collecting Empty Rolls
It’s not always that easy to make sure that everybody in your family takes the time to save up toilet paper rolls. One of the easiest ways to make sure everybody will do so is to have a bin or a container in each bathroom that is the designated location where they go.
Once you have saved up some toilet paper rolls, finding ways to reuse those toilet paper rolls may not always be the easiest. Here are a few ways to get more use of out of those toilet paper rolls.
Craft Projects
Probably the most common ways that empty toilet paper rolls can be reused is to use them in craft projects for the kids. There are too many projects to list here, but DLTK’s Kids toilet paper roll projects. Projects range from fun little animal friends to candle holders. They have projects that can keep your kids entertained for hours.
Coord Holder
Everybody has difficulty try to keep coords that are not use untangled. An easy way to control that coords is to fold it up and put it in an empty toilet paper roll. This will only be desirable for coords that are fairly thick as it will not contain smaller coords very well. The tubes can even be marked with the type of coord so they can easily be retrieved.
Compost
You may not realize, but cardboard can in fact be added to your compost. When determining whether or not to add cardboard to the compost, cardboard is a high carbon item that will complement high nitrogen items like food waste well.
Your Ideas?
These are only a few of the ways that empty toilet paper rolls can be reused. I want to hear of any ways that you reuse them in your household.
Comments
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April 5th, 2010Trackback from : Jeanine Vaszari
I have been reusing toilet papers since 2 months and i must say i’m proud of it.I do store them and once a month i send them for recycling.
Good reminder that even small items should be recycled or reused when possible. When that small item is used on a daily basis, it is easy to imagine how much it adds up to over time. People should feel guilty when they throw these kinds of things in the trash. At the very least, they should end up in your recycling bin.
Several years ago, while in jr. high school, I used a toilet parer roll as part of my science project.
I like your tip about using a roll for storing cords.
I’ve been using toilet rolls as compost supplements for a while now as I read about it’s carbon value sometime ago.
Till then,
Jean
Yes, i also throw out empty toilet paper roll, but i will collect and reuse it.
I put them in recycle bin but i have wrapped crochet yarn around it to keep it from getting tangled.
When I was reading up on other uses for paper rolls, this seems to be a another popular option along with being a coord holder.