Every day we throw away many things ‘cause we ignore and don’t search for creative ways to reuse them. We could turn food containers into a bird feeder, old t-shirts and/or socks into rags, and even spend a little time to separate and donate old toys or furniture, instead of throw it and contribute for the huge pile of trash in the world!
Internet offers us so many ways to revert this process of wasting and helps us with ideas in how to save and help the environment.

Below you will find some ideas on how to reuse stuff you might have at home into useful projects:

- Turning a plastic or carton gallon jug into a bird feeder is very simple!
If you are a kid, ask an adult to help you with cuttings!
With a plastic gallon jug, clean the inside and cut big circles in each side of the jug. Right under these circles make smaller perch holes where you will insert wooden dowel rods for the birds to land. Be careful not to make them too large or the seed will fall out. Fill the feeder with seed and hang it in a nearby tree.

- With the milk carton it’s even easier: just cut openings on opposite sides of a clean carton For a perch, poke holes below the openings and slip a dowel through the holes. Fill the bottom of the feeder with birdseed mix and hang the feeder with wire. Do some research to find out where to locate different types of feeder. Each one will attract different types and sizes of birds. You'll also want to find out what types of bird feed to put in each container. Birds have very different diets and will be picky about what they will eat. It is also important to keep the feeders clean to avoid making the birds sick!

- To turn a plastic bottle into a self-watering planter, cut the top third off a two-liter plastic bottle. Ask an adult to drill a small hole in the cap. Pass a string through the hole. Fill the bottom of the bottle about half way with water. Place the top upside-down in the bottom and put in your plant. The string will wick up the water into the soil.

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