It's not trash! Reuse glass bottles and jars

Every day we have fewer and fewer valid reasons to throw everything in the trash. Be responsible and separate your waste. Currently, there are increasingly more ways to reuse, recycle or transform what you no longer use and which are environmentally friendly.

This time we will focus on glass bottles and jars of all colors, shapes and sizes. Surely you have some thrown about somewhere.

Let's start with the basics. Reuse your jars to store food safely in your refrigerator, freezer and pantry. Do you have spools of colored thread, buttons, paper clips or tacks? Here is the solution to keep them in order.

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Use your large jars to make your own sprouts. They are super healthy and delicious! Learn more about it here (the content is in Spanish).

http://indrarojo.blogspot.mx/2013/02/taller-de-germinados-por-carolina.html

Now, if you feel a surge of creativity coming up, here are some of the thousands of ways you can create amazing objects by using recyclable or reusable materials. Come on, you can do it!

If you like the bottles of water, vodka, tequila or wine that you just drank, you need not do much more than fill them with water and put in a plant. Do you have marbles or gel beads? Use them for a touch of color. It is also valid to use bows, ribbons, fabrics or any other material you may have.

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Common fish tanks can be expensive and even boring. Create your own mini-ecosystem with betta fish, a big bottle and a plant that lives in water and has beautiful mangrove-type roots.

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Among the many talents of dear Dr. Carlos Rubio, is the use of "common" materials and turning them into works of art. In case you were wondering, the egg is real.

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Was the party really good and now you don’t know what to do with all those glass bottles? With a bit of colored yarn you can make a nice gift for your party buddies. But only if they are very green.

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If you want to get really romantic, or if the electricity was cut off in your house – because you spent all your money on the aforementioned bottles - you can create your own lighting with a little creativity.

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Some people who work with glass like Hector Ayala use the shards to create smaller objects and even to make colorful kaleidoscopes.

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If you have a glass oven, or you know someone who does, you can melt your bottles after drinking their refreshing contents just like the creative environmentalist Cristina Reynoso.

With the same oven and you acquire some experience cutting and designing with glass, you can create beautiful stuff and could even sell it. Look at what Cancún artist Viridiana Sierra can do.

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Now if you have so much skill and talent to do something like this, then you're the one who should be sharing.

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More "Creative Eco-Tips" in Love Cancun on Facebook.

This article was originally published in http://cancun360.mx