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A green home is good. A green organized home is fantastic. Here are 10 simple ways to reuse stuff you already have in order to get organized. Trust me, with the holidays coming, it’s best to organize now.

1. Take old wastebaskets; you know the ones too grungy for the house, and use them for storing long rolls of wrapping paper. No one will see it, because a mid-size garbage can fits neatly into the back of most closets.
2. If you’ve given up clothes pins for an energy efficient dryer, you can spray paint the pins pretty colors and use them to hang pictures and your little one’s artwork. Simply hang a string across one wall. This makes changing your art decor fast and easy.
3. Make your own reusable lunch bags out of old tablecloths. Very cute, and the perfect way to organize lunch outings.
4. Old laundry baskets can be used for storing toys or out of season clothing. If you do use them to store clothes be sure to place clothing in a garbage bag first.
5. Quit buying overpriced Tupperware. You can reuse sauce jars, butter tubs, and more for snack and left-over storage. Small yogurt cups are perfect for kid sized snacks.
6. Reuse bubble wrap (start saving during the holidays) for protecting produce. Line your produce bins in the fridge with bubble wrap and you won’t have to deal with bruised fruit anymore.
7. Luggage, either new or old, can be used to store off season clothing and extra blankets. This saves on having to buy plastic bins, or cardboard boxes. If you want your clothing to stay fresh, add a sprig of lavender or a cedar block to the luggage interior.
8. Make Recycled Garden Containers out of almost anything!
9. And just to prove that not one thing should go to waste, here are some great ideas for folks who replace their bathtub: 6 Uses for Your Old Bathtub. Amazing.
10. Flower pots, especially ones that come with drip plates, make perfect kitchen sponge holders, toilet scrubber holders, or you can keep one clean, and simply use it for storing long utensils in the kitchen.

Visit How Can I Recycle This? for many more home reuse ideas, or even submit a tip yourself.