What have wheat straws got to do with paper? Saving them is a step forward solution to using 80% less trees in the production of paper. So, ask for "Step Forward" paper if you can get them.
I picked this up from Woody Harrelson, the guy I watched playing bartender on "Cheers".
Cheers, Woody.
Showing posts with label Paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paper. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Thursday, 13 December 2012
A match made in Heaven?
I wrote about cardboard bicycle before. Wouldn't it be nice to match it with a cardboard helmet? Before you start laughing at my silly thinking, check out what Anirudha Surabhi has been up to.
Friday, 15 April 2011
Not pregnant? Blame those receipts?
If like me, you have been recycling just any scrap of paper you can get your hands on, note this!
Recycling thermal imaging carbonless paper may not be such a good idea, after all.
If you know that you should avoid drinking from bottles with bisphenol A (BPA) because you have been reading reports that it can cause a number of health problems, including infertility, then watch out for that powdery feeling on any receipts that you get your hands on.
Janet Raloff reported in her article, "Concerned about BPA: Check your receipts," that what you feel is a layer of BPA, manufacturers coat on one side of thermal imaging carbonless papers.
What?!!! That's how most credit card receipts feel when rubbed against your fingers, right? So, stop doing that as she has also reported that a survey of urine samples of pregnant women in USA found that cashiers had the highest amounts of BPA in their bodies.
Janet may have us concerned about what we are recycling but I am sure that it is because of such reports that there are now BPA-free thermal-receipt paper in USA. But when will we see such used in Malaysia?
I guess that depends on how many of you are willing to talk about what you picked up today. Just remember that the BPA tainted paper we recycled could well be made into the packaging our food will be served in.
Recycling thermal imaging carbonless paper may not be such a good idea, after all.
If you know that you should avoid drinking from bottles with bisphenol A (BPA) because you have been reading reports that it can cause a number of health problems, including infertility, then watch out for that powdery feeling on any receipts that you get your hands on.
Janet Raloff reported in her article, "Concerned about BPA: Check your receipts," that what you feel is a layer of BPA, manufacturers coat on one side of thermal imaging carbonless papers.
What?!!! That's how most credit card receipts feel when rubbed against your fingers, right? So, stop doing that as she has also reported that a survey of urine samples of pregnant women in USA found that cashiers had the highest amounts of BPA in their bodies.
Janet may have us concerned about what we are recycling but I am sure that it is because of such reports that there are now BPA-free thermal-receipt paper in USA. But when will we see such used in Malaysia?
I guess that depends on how many of you are willing to talk about what you picked up today. Just remember that the BPA tainted paper we recycled could well be made into the packaging our food will be served in.
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Boredom? Doodle that out!
If you are a parent trying to save some bucks, start collecting scrap papers and colouring pencils now for your children and learn to doodle their way out of boredom during the coming long school holiday.
First you will have to pick up some skills from Oistein Kristiansen either on his TV programme, "Cows and Crayons" or on his YouTube Channel, Oistein's Art.
Who is Oistein Kristiansen and what is this about? This video will give you an idea what he is into.
So, what are you waiting for? Learn how to doodle. Once you have your children interested in this creativity, you will not have to enroll them in workshops or take them out to entertainment centres or buy them toys to occupy them during school holidays.
First you will have to pick up some skills from Oistein Kristiansen either on his TV programme, "Cows and Crayons" or on his YouTube Channel, Oistein's Art.
Who is Oistein Kristiansen and what is this about? This video will give you an idea what he is into.
So, what are you waiting for? Learn how to doodle. Once you have your children interested in this creativity, you will not have to enroll them in workshops or take them out to entertainment centres or buy them toys to occupy them during school holidays.
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Making use of obsolete books.
Other than recycling, what can you do with books that are no longer useful? Check out what creative people are doing with their collection of books and see if you can adopt some ideas.
How Do You See Books...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Newspaper and magazines? Not for reading only.
A group of disadvantaged Malaysian women are not recycling their old newspaper and magazines. There is something more ECOnomical they can do with their collection of newsprint.
With the support of eHomemakers, they have discovered abundance from the abandoned.
With the support of eHomemakers, they have discovered abundance from the abandoned.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Making every scrap count.
Do you recycle every scrap of paper you encounter no matter how small they are?
I do.
Why? Learn from this Malay proverb, "Sedikit sedikit lama lama jadi bukit". Got the picture?
No? It means, little by little, over time a mountain is created.
And you don't mess up your home collecting your scraps. Standby an empty tissue box and just dump coupons, tickets, receipts, labels and whatever little pieces of paper you come across into the box.
Then when the tissue box is all filled up, just put it into the recycling bin.
You don't have to be messy to be green.
P/S Note that kittens are not recyclable and no batteries have been wasted sharing these images from TinyPic.
I do.
Why? Learn from this Malay proverb, "Sedikit sedikit lama lama jadi bukit". Got the picture?
No? It means, little by little, over time a mountain is created.
And you don't mess up your home collecting your scraps. Standby an empty tissue box and just dump coupons, tickets, receipts, labels and whatever little pieces of paper you come across into the box.
Then when the tissue box is all filled up, just put it into the recycling bin.
You don't have to be messy to be green.
P/S Note that kittens are not recyclable and no batteries have been wasted sharing these images from TinyPic.
Friday, 29 August 2008
Learn to fold for science and a living.
Do you know that learning to fold paper into forms and shapes can lead to the development of new technology? Do it well and it can even allow you to make a living out of it.
Don't believe me?
Then take a look at the props used in this advertisement for Lancer Endeavor.
That's a lot of origami=$ to create for a commercial and you can learn how to create complicated ones like that by checking out the links posted on Dr Robert J. Lang's website. Dr Lang is so good at it that he has even created a free software, TreeMaker, to create mathematical lines for folding origami. Note his copyright terms should you take up this challenge.
So, what has folding papers got to do with science? Hear it from Dr Lang himself in this video posted by Ted.Com on YouTube.
So, don't waste those scraps of paper. If you are not going to recycle them, learn to fold with them.
Don't believe me?
Then take a look at the props used in this advertisement for Lancer Endeavor.
That's a lot of origami=$ to create for a commercial and you can learn how to create complicated ones like that by checking out the links posted on Dr Robert J. Lang's website. Dr Lang is so good at it that he has even created a free software, TreeMaker, to create mathematical lines for folding origami. Note his copyright terms should you take up this challenge.
So, what has folding papers got to do with science? Hear it from Dr Lang himself in this video posted by Ted.Com on YouTube.
So, don't waste those scraps of paper. If you are not going to recycle them, learn to fold with them.
Saturday, 2 August 2008
When lots of practice is required. Save good paper.
Here is another reason to keep your junk mails. A lot of practice is required if you would like to be able to cut paper the Chinese traditional way.
Not into cutting? Then try folding. Picking up origami needs lots of practice too.
paper art Paper cutting crafts
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Not into cutting? Then try folding. Picking up origami needs lots of practice too.
Monday, 9 June 2008
Need maps? Look for junk mails.
My friend has been asking me for the direction to Standard Chartered Bank in Kajang. I am bad at giving directions and soon she was asking me again. So, I went through my pile of junk mails and sure enough, I found an advertisement of a shop near the bank and it has a map to it.
Most advertisements come with maps to the location of the shops advertised. I especially like the ones promoting new housing estates. These maps usually highlight amenities like shopping complexes, schools, hospitals, train stations, etc. In some maps there are also markings for commercial buildings, hotels, restaurants, clubs, police stations or prominent housing estates around the development.
Since I was looking through the pile, I decided to salvage some of the useful materials before I put them out to recycle. So, what else could I possibly find useful in junk mails? Here are my 7 useful ways with junk mails:
1) I keep maps of shops and places I would like my family to go to. That way their father will not have to crack his head wondering where we can go during the weekends.
2) Sometimes my children become very frustrated when they are not able to tell me the name of a product or a particular brand they want on the shopping list. So, I kept pictures of stuff and groceries that I tend to buy for the family. They are able to identify the items better by looking at the pictures. The ones for food and vegetables are used to label what I store in my fridge.
3) Advertisements printed on one side only. With price of fuel up, I am sure that price for paper product will go up too. Now my children can draw on the blank side of the paper or create cut outs with them. And, to inspire their creativity, I also collected advertisements with cute drawings on them.
4) I remember how upset I became when my children advised me too late that they need colour paper for their school projects and we are out of them at home. So I cut out coloured paper off advertisements that are of a large usable size. I also keep those colourful advertisements printed on manila cardboard thickness paper.
5) I also look out for advertisement of the toys and electronic stuff my children hanker for. That way they can use them to decorate the chest of drawers and file holders I have created out of cardboard boxes for them. I told them that I have informed their father of this project and they are not to bother their father about getting them again as he can see the stuff for himself. I told them that it will be their affirmation board in getting the things they want.
6) Items in pictorial advertisements that are printed in Malaysia are usually labeled in English and Malay. I find them very useful as a teaching aid for language and...
...maths. You can teach the children to judge the value of a product not on its unit price but also based on the volume and quantity it is supplied. They can also learn the different type of measurements used for liquids and solids.
7) Don't you hate it when you need to get things done but you do not know the name of the material or equipment you require? How are you going to tell your supplier or repairman about it? If this is the scenario you are often in, then it is time to collect advertisements like these:
If you have the time, you can read 5 more useful ways with junk mails that I have written earlier.
Among my box of junk mails, I found this label that was attached to one of the clothes I bought. I did not think that it would be useful until I took a closer look at it. It indicates on one side, women's tops in European and American size and on the other side, women's bottom. As it is small enough for me to slip into my purse, it will be very handy for me to decide the right size to buy when I come across one with European sizes. So, I am keeping that.
That's a lot of paper cuttings to keep and you maybe thinking that it is too messy a project to start on. But if you sort your cuttings out neatly in clear A4 size plastic holders, you can store them neatly on a book shelf.
And I do not see why your family members will not help you in this project since it will benefit them as well.
Most advertisements come with maps to the location of the shops advertised. I especially like the ones promoting new housing estates. These maps usually highlight amenities like shopping complexes, schools, hospitals, train stations, etc. In some maps there are also markings for commercial buildings, hotels, restaurants, clubs, police stations or prominent housing estates around the development.
Since I was looking through the pile, I decided to salvage some of the useful materials before I put them out to recycle. So, what else could I possibly find useful in junk mails? Here are my 7 useful ways with junk mails:
1) I keep maps of shops and places I would like my family to go to. That way their father will not have to crack his head wondering where we can go during the weekends.
2) Sometimes my children become very frustrated when they are not able to tell me the name of a product or a particular brand they want on the shopping list. So, I kept pictures of stuff and groceries that I tend to buy for the family. They are able to identify the items better by looking at the pictures. The ones for food and vegetables are used to label what I store in my fridge.
3) Advertisements printed on one side only. With price of fuel up, I am sure that price for paper product will go up too. Now my children can draw on the blank side of the paper or create cut outs with them. And, to inspire their creativity, I also collected advertisements with cute drawings on them.
4) I remember how upset I became when my children advised me too late that they need colour paper for their school projects and we are out of them at home. So I cut out coloured paper off advertisements that are of a large usable size. I also keep those colourful advertisements printed on manila cardboard thickness paper.
5) I also look out for advertisement of the toys and electronic stuff my children hanker for. That way they can use them to decorate the chest of drawers and file holders I have created out of cardboard boxes for them. I told them that I have informed their father of this project and they are not to bother their father about getting them again as he can see the stuff for himself. I told them that it will be their affirmation board in getting the things they want.
6) Items in pictorial advertisements that are printed in Malaysia are usually labeled in English and Malay. I find them very useful as a teaching aid for language and...
...maths. You can teach the children to judge the value of a product not on its unit price but also based on the volume and quantity it is supplied. They can also learn the different type of measurements used for liquids and solids.
7) Don't you hate it when you need to get things done but you do not know the name of the material or equipment you require? How are you going to tell your supplier or repairman about it? If this is the scenario you are often in, then it is time to collect advertisements like these:
If you have the time, you can read 5 more useful ways with junk mails that I have written earlier.
Among my box of junk mails, I found this label that was attached to one of the clothes I bought. I did not think that it would be useful until I took a closer look at it. It indicates on one side, women's tops in European and American size and on the other side, women's bottom. As it is small enough for me to slip into my purse, it will be very handy for me to decide the right size to buy when I come across one with European sizes. So, I am keeping that.
That's a lot of paper cuttings to keep and you maybe thinking that it is too messy a project to start on. But if you sort your cuttings out neatly in clear A4 size plastic holders, you can store them neatly on a book shelf.
And I do not see why your family members will not help you in this project since it will benefit them as well.
Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Waste Paper? Before you throw, check this out.
Before you squash and throw away your 8.5"x11" piece of paper, check out Readymechs for some inspirations on how to make your own paper robot.
Readymechs provide free designs of flatpack toys for you to print and build. All you need, other than paper and printer, is a double-sided tape and 10-15 minutes of your time to create. As thick matte paper are suggested to be used, consider first printing on the unused side of your A4 wastepaper, then stick another A4 paper, with the used side to the other used side together.
Just click on the design of your liking for instruction posted at the following link.
Flatpack Toys
Need more inspirations? Here you go:
More paper cut ideas by Peter Callesen
That's too tough? Then check this out for your next party:
Learn to create your own masks, then create some paper beads to decorate them.
Readymechs provide free designs of flatpack toys for you to print and build. All you need, other than paper and printer, is a double-sided tape and 10-15 minutes of your time to create. As thick matte paper are suggested to be used, consider first printing on the unused side of your A4 wastepaper, then stick another A4 paper, with the used side to the other used side together.
Just click on the design of your liking for instruction posted at the following link.
Flatpack Toys
Need more inspirations? Here you go:
More paper cut ideas by Peter Callesen
That's too tough? Then check this out for your next party:
Learn to create your own masks, then create some paper beads to decorate them.
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