I have always been very conscious of the impact of my home waste on the environment. While I didn’t grow up in a particularly eco-conscious household, my parents did love to hang onto old household items to try and reuse them in any way they could.
While this did become a bit ridiculous at times (keeping a hold of every interesting jar we saw did mean we needed a lot of storage), it taught me some invaluable lessons about how to reuse just about everything we were otherwise going to trash – helping me to save money and limit my contributions to landfill. A win-win for everyone.
