While we live in a digital age, somehow nothing beats getting to open a crisp new newspaper and delving into the world over a morning cup of coffee. Newspapers still rock, and still serve a myriad of purposes beyond the delivery of information.
Here are some great ways to reuse your newspapers:
- Use them instead of paper towels to wash windows
- Roll them into tubes and let the children create awesome play structures
- Make paper cups for seedlings
- Roll into beads for jewelry
- Use to make fire starting logs
- Reuse as giftwrap
- Place over spills to absorb liquids
- Shred to use as garden mulch
- Shred to use as gift basket filler
- Packaging material
- Scrunch up and place in the refrigerator, empty ice chests, or shoes to absorb odors
- Scrunch them into balls and pack in unused shoes to help them keep their shape
- Place at the bottom of trash bins to make cleaning them easier
- Cover windows with newspaper to protect them from splatter while painting
- Pack in luggage to help absorb odors
- Keep some in the car for cleaning windshields
- Keep some in the car for making a makeshift funnel for adding oil or other fluids in an emergency
- Shred and use as pet bedding
- Cut into small squares to keep in the bathroom or purse for blotting lipstick
- Cut into small squares to use as confetti
- Stuff them into wet boots or shoes to help them dry
- Wrap up your fruit to help them ripen more quickly
- Craft it using one of the million ideas on Pinterest
Newspapers are amazing versatile and phenomenally useful in so many ways. Sure, you can always recycle newspaper, but before you do, why not give them a second useful life? Not only is it a green alternative, it is just plain useful; and nothing beats that! While you’re at it, be sure to shop Current Catalog’s BOGO deals– they are a true value.
