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Ten Easy Step YOU Can Take NOW!

1. Have a Home Waste Audit. 
    Waste audits can be as simple or as complicated as you like.

What is Garbage?

It is important to ask this question twice: 

Before making purchases.
It's a sad reality, but part of what we buy is never intended by the manufacturer to be anything but "trash." Rethinking means using all of the tools associated with the other 4 R's. In the spirit of Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, take a look at your planned purchases and try to determine how much waste will be generated by its purchase. Are you buying garbage? 

Before Throwing something away.

Lifestyle

In the world of Waste Reduction, we tend to place a lot of importance on Recycling. This is great, since recycling is one simple thing everyone can do to help reduce waste and protect the environment. It is important to remember, however, that "recycle" is the last of the 5 R's. 

Finger Paint

125 ml (1/2 cup) cornstarch,
188 ml (3/4 cup) cold water in a saucepan.

Soak one envelope gelatin in 63 ml (1/4 cup) cold water.
Add 500 ml (2 cups) hot water to cornstarch mixture and cook over medium heat until it comes to a boil and is clear, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat, stir in gelatin, add 125 ml (1/2 cup) soap flakes,stir until thickened and soap is dissolved.

Glue

45 ml (3 tbsp.) cornstarch
60 ml (4 tbsp.) cold water
 
Mix to make a smooth paste.
Boil 500 ml (2 cups) water and stir in paste.
Continue to stir until mixture becomes translucent. 

Modeling Clay

250 ml (1 cup) flour
125 ml (1/2 cup) salt
30 ml (2 tbsp.) cream of tartar
30 ml (2 tsp.) oil
Natural colouring (beet juice, blueberry juice, other natural colours).
Combine.

Crafts