Last school year I started recycling in my classroom. We tried to get a recycling container outside our school. but the local company said that our schools didn't collect enough so they were actually taking them away from the few that had them (if they collected anything, wouldn't it be worth their while??) Anyways, I still wanted to recyle the paper because I saw too much of it being thrown away in the regular trash.. I had some supplies delivered to the room and just decided to use the box they can in for the recycling. Each week I'd take the box home with me and took it to a school near where I live (at least they are earning some $$$ with my recycling).
While at Walmart this summer I found some fairly large tubs for $4. I took some of my older letter stickers (Doodlebug and Gin-X by Imagination Project) to label the tub. I then covered the letters with Mod Podge to seal the letter stickers to the tub. Here are the results:
6 comments:
Amy,
I love this recycling box... I gotta make some for ours... tired of just having plastic bags. ;-)
My mom has an industrial garbage can that we're going to use for our cans... so now I have a huge idea for it.
We're going to get another huge trash can for our bottles now too.
Wahoo... making recycling CHIC..
Very nice - an eye catcher too! I can't imagine how much paper a school has left at the end of the day. Great idea - I hope it takes off like wildfire.
Nice idea!
I love how you even used recycled letter stickers (so to speak) from your stash to make the recycle bin. Good for you for doing your part. Great idea!
Very cute!!
What a GREAT idea!
This is so smart and I want to make one for our home :)
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