Take-away is a very convenient way for a lunch or dinner where we don't feel like cooking or have run out of food. Meals at home or eaten outside the restaurant, however, produce a large amount of waste as they make extensive use of disposable dishes and containers for their packaging. However, it is possible to limit all this waste with a little creativity. Here are some ideas.
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Il takeaway it is a very convenient way for a lunch or a dinner in which we do not feel like cooking or have run out of food. Meals at home or consumed outside the restaurant, however, produce a large amount of waste as they are widely used for packaging disposable tableware and containers. It is possible though limit all this waste with a little creativity. Here are some ideas.
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Pizza carton
The pizza boxes, if they are clean, should be thrown away along with the paper as far as the waste sorting, while, if dirty, they must be sent to the waste bin or to the sack of unsorted waste, according to the regulations in force in their own Municipality. Clean pizza cartons can be ualso used to entertain the little ones, for example by making a easel for painting or drawing, perhaps even applying a blackboard on which to write with colored chalk, or they can be used to draw and color a fake cardboard pizza, in order to entertain the little ones at afternoon games or birthday parties.
The pizza box is also suitable for numerous jobs and for the creation of decorations to hang thanks to the insertion of a colored ribbon.
The pizza boxes can also be used to create an extraordinary "solar oven":
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Disposable plastic cutlery
The destination of the plastic cutlery that accompanies the take-away plates, after their use, is usually the garbage can. However, it is likely that you will begin to wash and store them gradually after observing how original they can be frame of a mirror. For mirrors of a certain size it may be necessary to use even a hundred pieces of spoons and forks, depending on your preferences, but they can also be used to surround smaller mirrors or to create frames in which to insert prints. or photographs. You may also find it useful to store ice cream spoons, stirrers and sticks for similar projects.
Food containers
Even i take-away food containers, often made in glossy or laminated cardboard, can be reinvented for the creation of decorative objects, such as small lanterns or candle holders to be used indoors or outdoors, especially during the summer. Unfortunately, only clean containers can be used. It would therefore be necessary to be able to ecarefully remove the food from them so as not to dirty them. In the case of plasticized cardboard containers, it may not be difficult to remove any stains with the help of a damp cloth. The tools needed to carry out the project are readily available. You can follow the process through the following video:
Polystyrene trays
Le polystyrene trays can be washed and reused in numerous ways, including the transport of new foods in case you need to take your packed lunch with you to school or office. They can also be used for put fruit, vegetables or other foods in the refrigerator.
Those who have children can use them for make palettes on which to mix tempera colors in the most artistic moments. They can also be drilled in the bottom to obtain seedbeds at no cost. If you want even more creative projects, try using them to make colorful coasters.
Plastic trays
Le plastic trays they can have daily reuses similar to those of polystyrene trays. They can therefore be washed, dried and reused to contain other foods or objects. For example, keep one handy near or under the kitchen sink to store the sponges and the cloths you use for cleaning or washing dishes. Use others for place the detergent containers both in the bathroom and in the kitchen, or for the bottles of oil and vinegar, in order to avoid that a few drops of the products left on them can stain the furniture. The smaller plastic trays can also be used effectively as soap holders. If you are feeling creative, try instead to consider them as starting materials to give life to colorful and original jewels or to give life to a mini home greenhouse.
Aluminum trays
Le aluminum trays, after being properly washed, they can be used as ideal containers for freezing portions of food leftover or single portions to be defrosted one by one as needed. The smaller trays may also contain chopped aromatic herbs, such as parsley, which can be frozen fresh in order to have them available throughout the year. The aluminum trays can also be used for the cooking food in the oven, and then washed and reused several times. They are also suitable as molds for the preparation of puddings or semifreddo, but also dhandmade soaps, or as containers for biscuits, candies and chocolates to offer to your guests. They are also useful invegetable garden and in the garden as seedbeds or alternative pots.
Oriental chopsticks
Le oriental chopsticks that accompany the take-away dishes of Chinese or Japanese restaurants they must absolutely not be thrown away. Besides being able to be washed and used at home as cutlery in case you decide to organize an exotic home dinner, they can be conveniently used as supports for your flowers and your plants, especially if you have basil or parsley at your disposal. vase that need to be supported. Before re-use, the chopsticks can be cleaned with a cloth soaked in water and alcohol or in water and bicarbonate. At this point, once you have accumulated a certain number, you can dedicate yourself to creative projects, which may include making placemats or mats, as shown below video:
They can also be decorated and used in the hair for new hairstyles:
Read also: Use and recycle chopsticks!
Plastic cups
I disposable plastic cups they can be washed, stored and reused as needed in different ways. They can be very useful for freezing homemade sauces and gravies, as pesto or tomato sauce, in single portions. They can be used in the garden as seedbeds, after having pierced the bottom, or they can be kept close at hand as food containers to be transferred to the refrigerator, such as lemon wedges or slices. They are also the ideal base for the realization of some small artistic projects, such as lined jars or decorative caps.
Read also 7 other ways to reuse or recycle plastic cups.
Disposable bags
The disposable bags used to hold your lunch can be used in the garden for protect plants from frost, along with paper napkins and clear plastic cups, as shown in the following video:
In this way you can ccreate a real barrier to protect the seedlings in your pots from winter frost, especially if they are placed on the balcony or terrace and you do not have the possibility to move them to places more sheltered from the cold. The disposable bags, when clean, can be used over and over to carry your packed lunch, as household waste containers, to store your shoes before putting them in the gym bag or to carry your own. wet swimsuit without problems in the bag, for the sea or for the pool.
Read also: 10 ideas from around the world to reuse plastic bags
Disposable dishes
I disposable plastic plates and saucers they do not necessarily have to be sent immediately to the plastic separate collection container (yes, since May 2012st XNUMX we can throw them there). They represent the ideal solution for theartistic ivories of your children, in case you need to use an improvised palette for tempera colors, which will later be washable and reusable. They can also be stored and used as trays for i your homemade cookies or for other treats. Finally, they can be creatively reused to make baskets and original decorative fish and colorful, but also rainbows and small collages.
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