Can This Be Recycled in the recycling bins?

Here's an article by ZeroWasteSG

Yes to Paper/Plastics/Metal/Glass

No to Styrofoam/Soft Toys/Mirror/Batteries

Refer to the list for the pictures.

Zero Waste Journey in Singapore

I have always advocate lesser use of paper bags and plastic bags from supermarkets and shopping malls and has been bringing around my trusty eco-friendly bag for weekday lunch and weekends. Friends and colleagues have marveled at my BYOB but still, it doesn't change their perceptive towards plastics.

After joining the facebook group of Zero Waste Journey, it has opened up my eyes to so much more of what we can do, as a beginner.

Green Milk Tea from Chun Cui He (純萃喝 or Just Drink)

Green Milk Tea from Chun Cui He (純萃喝 or Just Drink) has just landed on Singapore shores recently. There wasn't a frenzy for this, unlike the last 2 flavours like Milk Tea and Coffee Milk Tea.

Shaped like a shampoo bottle, the drink looks good on its own. Just be reminded to close the cap tightly in case of leakage.

The Green Milk Tea costs the same S$2.80 and I really dislike it, despite being a green tea fan. Overly milky, the drink was a tad too sweet, so much so that the sweetness lingers as an after-taste. The green tea taste was subtle.

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Shop For Christmas Cards & Support A Good Cause

If you intend to get Christmas cards for your family, friends and business associates, why not consider the following avenues?

1) Muscular Dystrophy Association ( MDAS )
2) Bizlink Gifts
3) SPD 

Reuse Your Christmas Greeting Cards

1) Christmas Tags - Cut those pretty pictures from your old greeting cards and recycled them into gift tags.Write your wishes on them and tag it to your Christmas gifts

2) Make new greeting cards out of the old ones - Cut the picture or scene from a used greeting card. Glue the picture onto the front of the folded piece of construction paper and write a verse inside.

3) Make a great bookmark - Cut a strip from the posterboard or thin cardboard and glue the picture from an old Christmas card onto the strip. Write a Christmas message on your strip.

4) Use it as a postcard - Cut the front picture off the used greeting card and use it as a postcard. Draw a line down the blank back, write a message on the left-hand side, and address it on the right-hand side.

5) Christmas Card Wreath - For this project you will need an embroidery hoop, a glue gun with glue sticks and at least a dozen Christmas cards. Cut the backs off the Christmas cards and lay out the cards on the embroidery hoop in a fan pattern, circling all around the hoop. Once you have found a design that you like, glue them to the embroidery hoop. Glue gun a small piece of ribbon on the back of the hoop as a hook to hang the wreath.

6) Coasters - You will need some plain wooden coasters, decoupage glue for outdoor projects and foam brushes. Cut your Christmas cards to show the designs and patterns you like the best, measuring so they fit on the coasters. Glue them down using the decoupage glue, with the foam brushes. The outdoor decoupage glue is stronger and will help protect it from liquid.

7) Christmas Tree Ornaments - You will need white glue, scissors, hole punch and ribbon. Match Christmas cards up so you have pairs of cards that you like. Decide on a shape to cut them in - stars, hearts or even just leaving them as rectangles. Glue the cards together and allow the glue to set. Once the glue has set, cut the desired shape. Punch a hole at the top of the ornament and put a ribbon through to hang it on the tree.