Buy an apartment in a new building, you have to glue white cardboard on the windows

Most of us, without hesitation, get rid of a dozen cardboard products every day. Thus sending to the landfill, without exaggeration, thousands of rubles. If you calculate the cost of all paper waste collected in one city per day, you can get an amount equal to the minimum wage of a resident of the CIS.



Thinking about sorting garbage and remaking things as about environmental awareness, not everyone lights up the idea of reusing any materials. However, if we think of the same materials as wasted money, once earned by honest labor, the hand is not so decisively drawn to the urn to get rid of them.



And what can be made of cardboard so useful that with a light soul to breathe out, realizing that the most competently disposed of their resources? In fact, there are many options for processing this material. Today's edition. "Site" To share the five most universal ideas of its rational use in everyday life.

What can be made out of cardboard
  1. First, with the help of a few sheets of white cardboard, you can save indoor plants located near the southern windows from the scorching sun on hot sunny days. Especially in careful shade need violets and orchids. All you need to do is simply fix the cardboard on the window windows with tape.



  2. Secondly, cardboard waste can be used as containers for seedlings. Especially good for this case are trays of eggs or cardboard coffee cups.



  3. And thirdly, cardboard is an ideal material for creating various kinds of distributors. Perhaps you will be surprised, but even a cardboard sleeve from scotch or a roll of toilet paper can be used in the household with benefit. For example, make them a desktop organizer for stationery or cosmetics. A little imagination, glue and colors - voila, on the table order, and in the soul peace.



  4. Unnecessary overall cardboard boxes can be sheathed with cloth and turned into containers for storing things or a basket for collecting washing.



  5. And from smaller boxes you can make a cozy house for a pet. However, it can be made from individual cardboard elements (although you will have to carry them a little longer).





What's the first thing you're gonna do with the leftover cardboard? We would be grateful if you would share your ideas in the comments!