Plastic Bag? Why keep them?

If you have read my posting about how you can store your grocery plastic bags and wondering why you should do that, it is obvious that you have not read my past postings :(

Anyway, if you are one of the Malaysians who have been annoyed by pet owners who do not pick up after their pets during their walks in public areas, you can give them your thoughts and a reason for them to keep their plastic bags and their 1.5L soda bottles.

Why?  Because you can share with them how they can make their own Eco-friendly poo scoop and this is how it looks and works.

So, the next question is...

Will you share this with your friends and start the ball rolling for poo free parks? 

Plastic bags? Stored in bottles.

What are you doing with all the grocery plastic bags you have been receiving?  Are they messing up your storage space? 

If they are, this is how you can store them so that it will be easier for you to re-use them.

Rail too short? Hang more.

When the rail is too short...




Make it look good by wrapping the hanger up in strips cut out from plastic bag.

Plastic bottles? Light for some!

Every problem has a solution.  Sometimes you find them in the most unlikely way.

Illac Diaz, created a way for poor people, living in windowless, closely built homes in slum areas to light up their homes with plastic bottles.

The plastic bottles are filled up with water with bleach added to prevent any formation of bacteria.  The idea is that water inside the bottle refracts the sunlight during the daytime and creates the same intensity of light as that given out by a 55 watt light bulb.

Light from a bottle of water?  Check out to see if it really works.



If you are interested to make yourself one, watch this video.



You can also find the free tutorials at instructables.com. 

Share this idea if you think it could help your community. 

No fund? Creativity will do.

I found a new site to pick up free tutorials.  It's Pinterest.

I followed the instruction shown on this image but decided to use a punctured tube found in my bicycle shop to work on instead of buying a strip of leather.


If I continue to make sections of this, I can sew them up and make myself a smart looking bag. 

I will definitely show it off if I have time to complete this project. Look out for it in my future postings.

Gift boxes? Handmade and eco-friendly.

If your children are sociable, they are bound to be invited to lots of parties.  If they are still schooling, think of the number of students each one of them have as classmates.  Add them up and you know that you will have to spend quite a bit on gifts for them to bring to parties they are invited to.

Other than storing up on gifts when sales are on, here is another way to save cost.  Make your own gift boxes.  You can start by keeping the empty plastic bottles.



The small gift boxes mean smaller and less costly gifts to look out for, right?

Plastic bottles? Great as broom.

If you are thinking of buying a broom, maybe you would like to check this video out to see if you could make yourself one.  After all you should not have any problems getting the material you need to start making it.


May your new broom sweeps clean.