Every day, Americans throw away 200 million tons of garbage. The sad thing is, much of this "garbage" can actually be reused and turned into something useful.
Tell us how you re-use a common household item, and we'll enter you into a drawing to win an Alchemy Goods Urban Messenger Bag!
To get started, here is a list of 11 commonly thrown away items:
- Tire Inner Tubes
- Wine or Beer Bottles
- Telephone Books
- Tin Cans
- Incandescent Light Bulbs
- Magazines
- Water Bottles made with BPA
- Cardboard
- Compact Discs
- Shoeboxes
- Styrofoam Peanuts
HOW TO ENTER:
To enter, add a blog post explaining how you would reuse one of the items above, or any other commonly thrown away household item.Add a catchy title and a photo. Do not remove any words from the keyword field, but feel free to add more.
See what other people are saying - read their contest entries!
CONTEST RULES:
Write a post with detailed instructions on how you would re-purpose any of the items below, and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win an Alchemy Goods Urban Messenger bag. You must include a photo of the finished product. One entry per post, so the more posts you write, the more entries you’ll have in the drawing. Contest Ends July 16th.
PRIZE DETAILS:
Alchemy Goods Urban Messenger Bag is made from a variety of reclaimed materials, including used bicycle inner tubes and car seat belts. This waterproof bag has multiple internal pockets help to keep you organized, while the external zippered pocket allows for easy storage and access. Highly reflective tape adds safety, and a T-strap provides extra support while riding or walking around town. This bag can also accommodate laptops up to 17 inches. One lucky winner will be able to choose from the six different color combinations available.
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Alchemy Goods has been “turning useless into useful” in Seattle, Washington for over 4 years. From messenger bags to totes, to belts and other accessories, all Alchemy Goods products are made from a variety of reclaimed materials and represent one less part of our world destroyed. The number on the logo of each product represents the percent (by weight) of recycled material used. Learn more about Alchemy Goods current and new product styles at www.alchemygoods.com.
Stephen K. says:
Ever since visiting Jamaica, I realized how wasteful we are in throwing away so many manufactured items like ziplock bags. There, they are very expensive and considered a luxury item. From that day on I began to think about reuse. Now, I wash out all of my ziplocks along with the other dishes and turn them inside out to dry, keeping them in a drawer ready to use and reuse again and again until they get completely worn out. I rarely buy them anymore as so many items from places like bake sales and farmer's markets come packaged in new ziplock bags.