More Soda-Tab Belts, Paper Beads
More soda-tab belts from Novica.com, which is affiliated with National Geographic. The crocheted soda-tab bags, by the same Brazilian artisan, are pretty wild, too. Part granny-chic accessory, part self-defense stratagem.
And are we tired of recycled magazine beads yet? HELLS NO!
This may sound really obvious, but it took us a while to realize we should ditch the paper towels for cloth rags—even if our 100 percent recycled paper towels were made by Seventh Generation. (If every household in the U.S. replaced just one roll of 120 sheet virgin fiber paper towels with 100 percent recycled ones, says the green company, we could save 1 million trees, 2.6 million cubic feet of landfill space, and 367 million gallons of water.) Recycled, unbleached paper towels, although less bad for the environment, will still end up as waste to be eventually managed. We now save our paper towels for the really groddy messes, such as, ahem, those made by yours truly. For everything else, it’s the Witch’s cut-up old shirt, which she just rinses in the sink with really hot water and occasionally tosses in with the rest of the laundry for freshening up. And now we have some extra dough for bonus organic kitty treats.
juanita said,
July 11, 2006 at 8:09 am
The paper bead shoulder bag. Ohmygoodness?
Next on my To Do list:
Gotta make paper beads from those old TV Guides, man.
AnneLytton said,
February 4, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Dear Chekhov,
As a novice at green living, and a newbie to new york city, I do not know where to go to purchase said recycled paper towel and toilet paper products. Actually, to your tragic sadness, I also am unaware of where to go for eco friendly cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, and all those nasty products I’m currently doomed to use daily. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Chekhov; you’re my only hope!
An admirer of your incomparable wisdom.
Kayla said,
May 31, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I make soda tab braclets and belts, yet the belts are different because their skinnier i love the belts above…
Patricia Summers said,
October 29, 2009 at 10:09 pm
I like your ideas!