There are several containers that are used to hold drinks and foods that we buy like margarine tubs, bread crumbs, and cake frosting that come with plastic lids with different sizes and colors. To lessen your garbage, instead of throwing these lids away, try to recycle them first and make use of them as home accessories. I am not saying keep all of them, because they can pile up until they are uncontrollable, but you don’t have to throw them all away. In this guide, you will find some ideas on how to recycle plastic lids at home.
You can place a lid under a small potted plant so that during watering, it will serve as a preventive cover from water leakage.
You can also use the lid as a soap dish, you can place you soap on top of the lid and place it on your bathtub. This will prevent the soap from sticking to your tub or becoming gooey.
You can also use the lids as your coasters in order to protect your tabletops from the water spills from your drinking glasses and mugs. Frosting caps work great for this.
You can also use the lids as your spoon rest, place a lid on your kitchen counter and you can use it to hold your spoons while you are cooking.
You may also make the lid as your wet sponge holder, just place one near your kitchen sink so that every time you wet a dish rag or wet a sponge you can place it on the lid. This will keep water stains off your sink.
You can also use the lid to hold your change, paper clips, beads and other lose items that are small.
These are just some of the uses that you can get from recycling plastic lids. You may have another use for it as you start to develop your own recycling method. What is important is that you are able to save our environment by saving your trash and recycling it so that it can still serve a good purpose at home.
Start collecting plastic lids and find ways to use them at home whether for decoration or specific use.