Cans are one of the more useful things that can have a second life after it has served its primary purpose. A little creativity can go a long way.
Did you know... that it takes a can of soda 20 years to recycle itself (which basically means rusting away and turning to dust). A lot of these end up in the landfills. Let us do our share in recycling cans.
I learned the above trivia from the TV Show Planet Green on National Geographic.
Here are some things you can do:
1. Sell it. Soda cans are bought by the kilo.
2. Bigger cans may be converted into pots for your plants.
3. Decorate medium-sized cans with art paper and use as pen containers. Just make sure that it's the kind without sharp edges.
4. Cover the milk can and slit a hole through its lid. Voila! A coin bank.
5. Punch a hole through the bottom of two cans, tie a cord through these to interconnect these cans, and you get a phone system!
6. Buy your powdered milk in foil packs and re-use the cans (although the foil packs become unwanted trash too. Hmmm).
With a bit of creativity, let's reduce the amount of trash we produce, starting with cans. And it's even fun doing projects with your kids!
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