What clever ways do you reuse household waste?

Have you transformed your garbage into something useful for your home? What happens when you blend your creative DIY sensibilities with your green ethics? Our Ecotrope blogger wants to hear your success stories about how you turned garbage into something useful. Have you discovered a second life for your paper grocery bags? Or maybe you found a new use for all those wine corks sitting in a jar on your kitchen counter. Or perhaps you're making a fashion statement with old whiskey bags and bike tubes, like these models.

Ecotrope wants to hear about your best, most clever green DIY reuse ideas. And please send in a photo of your project!

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What clever ways do you reuse waste at home?

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