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          There are many reusable items in our offices, but the most common is paper, and surprisingly, paper is the number one item we throw away. Paper has many lives. Rethink and reuse.      
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 
                       
                   
                   
                   
          Calendar Envelopes
Make outdated calendars last longer than a year by turning their artistic pages into envelopes.
(step-by-step instructions)

CD’s and CD Cases
By giving added life to old CD’s and their cases, will have you singing a new tune.

Garden Helpers
String old CD’s and hang them from trees to repel determined birds from robbing your garden.

Light Reflectors
Jazz up your patio or walkways by adding old CD’s to an outdoor string of lights.

Recipe Card Holder
Open a used CD case and slip in the recipe card in the clear top, then open the CD case bottom until it folds backwards and creates a stand. Your recipe will be hands-free easy to read.

Traffic Reflectors
Fasten old CD’s to a wooden stake and use as reflectors along your sidewalk or driveway.

Rubber Bands
Use rubber bands from newspapers and vegetable bunches to secure sleeveless clothing that wants to slip off of hangers onto the floor; just slip a rubber band around the end of the hanger to keep garments in place.

Homemade Paper
Use scrap paper to make your own one of a kind paper
(step-by-step instructions)

Magazine Paper Beads
Make durable beads from outdated magazine pages
(step-by-step instructions)

Perfect Packing
Use the strips from your paper shredder to protect fragile items during shipping.
       
               
                 
               
                 
                 
                 
               
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                 
               
                 
               
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                   
                   
                             
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