Lake Station Judith M. Price, composition and speech teacher, Edison Jr.-Sr. High School I try to reuse many items. For example, if an article of clothing becomes dull and dingy, I dye it a darker color. For clothes that may have a stain, I attach a small appliqué or creative patch over the stain. I sometimes take the items I am using as a patch off of an old sweatshirt. I then cut up the rest of the sweatshirt to use as rags. Paper bags are cut up and put under my cat’s litter boxes. I use old, unwanted or broken pieces of jewelry to make bracelets or pins. Instead of throwing out the last few drops of shower gel that take forever to drip onto a wash cloth, I use it as bubble bath by filling the bottle with water, shaking it, and then putting into the tub. Large bottles of shampoo are then divided and placed in the smaller, empty bottles that once contained shower gel.

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