Since the start of lockdown, orange bag collections have been placed on hold.
Residents can use this time to be creative and up-cycle some of their belongings that would have been destined for the garbage.
Founder of Social Waste Management, Jean-Claude Matthyson, explained that up-cycling allows unwanted items to have a second chance and said, “Up-cycling is simply not seeing waste as waste, but as valuable, reusable and repurposable materials rather than items that need processing for recycling. By up-cycling we will be able to reduce the amount of materials needed to be recycled.”
When asked what are some of the ways that people could up-cycle,
he said, “One of the most common examples of up-cycling is using your ice-cream container as a lunch box. We can challenge ourselves to be creative, while doing good for the environment. Residents can create a food garden from used containers such as coke bottles or crates. Glass jars can be up-cycled into fairly light containers, storage for spices, pickled products and jams. Strong cardboard boxes can be up-cycled into a cat’s beds, storage containers and speaker boxes. A two litre plastic bottle can be up-cycled into many things, such as a broom, bird feeder, hydro plant container, gravity fed water dispenser for pets water bowl or a greenhouse.”
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He added that there are many uses for old items, you just have to find its purpose.
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