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Recycling Points: KZN

Durban Metro Recycling Initiatives Kloof Community Recycling drop-off Centre: (located at Kloof Civic Offices, Emolweni Rd) Hillcrest Drop off Centre (located at Shortlands Ave, Scout Hall) Worms R Us – consider getting the worms on your side to recycle kitchen and garden waste AND paper. Pavillion Shopping Centre Hypermarket-by-the-Sea

20 things you didn’t know about recycling

Happy Earth Day! Now help fix the planet. by Jocelyn Rice and Amber Fields (published online April 22, 2008) Go to Discover Magazine.com

Donation Points: KZN

Lilly of the Valley Children’s Home: 031-781 1878 Highway Hospice: 031-208 6110 St. Philamena’s Home: 031-208 4187 St. Thomas Children’s Home: 031-207 3223 The Robin Hood Foundation: 031-266 2254 or 082 416 0660 Birthright: 031-303 4308 1000 Hills Community Helpers: 031-783 4013 St. Martins Home for Children: 031-201 1261 Greater Good – SA St.Mary’s Hospital: 031-717 [...]

Useful home storage ideas

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Need a coaster anyone?

We all have them in our homes, be it for entertainment or for work, but when they get damaged, we generally just throw DVDs/CDs away. Yet, they could easily be used as coasters when you’re entertaining. Don’t stop there though, if you’re the arty type, embellish it with fabric or beads. Go crazy to personalise [...]

Use newspaper to giftwrap

Newspapers are everywhere and many people don’t bother to recycle them. But years ago, my creative brother decided to use them to wrap Christmas presents and I think it was a brilliant idea. (If you think it is a little boring, make it look colourful with bows and ribbons and homemade cards.)

Prep & Freeze home-made food for your kids

Although I cook for my family all the time and am a descendant of a restaurant owner, I do not enjoy cooking. HOWEVER, when my kids were babies and I was working out of the home, I realised that time was not always on my side. As many other parents out there, I would arrive [...]

Memory Box for Kids

Like many children, my daughter likes to keep all those pretty little notes that she got from her best friend or that cute little picture that she drew way back when. Unlucky for her, I can’t bear to have it all over her room, so I suggested that she have a memory box that she [...]

New life for jeans (longer life for shoes)

Old jeans that you can’t squeeze into anymore but really don’t want to part with? Well, how about making a groovy shoe bag. Cut 30cm off the bottom of one leg. Sew up one end of this piece and hem the other so it can take a drawstring. Thread a piece of cord around the [...]

Make that garage work for you

Whether you have one garage or two, it needs to be organised otherwise it risks becoming the dumping ground for all manner of household items.  So, if your garage isn’t working for you, resulting in you parking one of your largest assets outside, then you need to make a plan! Start, as usual, by taking [...]

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