Don’t throw away your cardboard toilet paper roll, you won’t imagine the things you can do with it
Recycle toilet paper
Among the most used consumer goods is undoubtedly toilet paper. Most of those on the market are held together by a cardboard roll, which 99% of the time ends up thrown away. Did you know that it can have countless uses both at home and in the garden? Below we present some solutions to reuse the internal toilet paper roll, to also do a small favor to the environment in terms of recycling.
How to use the internal toilet paper roll
Keep cords tidy, curtain folds, roll up cables and in the garden. There really are many uses that a simple cardboard roll can have, which often ends up in the trash. If you thought it was only suitable for entertaining children, here are the uses suitable for everyone.
Cardboard rolls
One of the first tricks is to use a cardboard roll to make curtains.
If you have curtains with a ring to insert into the rod, the toilet paper roll will be useful as a separator to keep the top of the curtains equidistant and well stretched, avoiding tight folds. In fact, it is enough to alternate a ring and a roll of paper to obtain a uniform effect and form nice folds. If the effect of a whole roll is too much for your curtains, you can always divide it in half to obtain smaller but still well-ordered folds.
The solution to scattered cables? The cardboard roll.
The toilet paper roll can also come to our aid because of the multitude of cables that often, scattered in drawers or boxes, end up knotted together, making it impossible to find them quickly and, above all, to use them up. Simply roll the cable around itself, giving it a slightly elongated shape, and then insert it inside the roll of paper. Here too, depending on the size and length of the cables, you can choose whether to use the entire roll or cut it into smaller pieces.
It can also be useful to write on the roll itself what type of cable it is, so that it is easier to identify.
Cardboard rolls for sorting cables
Another optimal use of the cardboard roll is to act as a “shuttle” for scattered threads . Simply roll the loose thread around the roll to keep it tidy and well untangled. But for better fixation, you can make a small vertical cut at one end of the roll, through which you can pass the end of the thread and then start to roll . You can then use the same cut (or another) to fix the upper end of the thread as well. This way you will be more than sure that the thread will not come undone.
The uses of the cardboard roll in gardening
If you love gardening, the cardboard toilet paper roll will also be useful in this area. If you spread it on the ground, watering it will allow the water to be retained for longer and the soil to be hydrated for longer. Plants that require the soil to always be well hydrated will grow better and faster. In addition, since the cardboard roll is biodegradable, you will not have to worry about removing it since it will have dissolved in about a year.
Finally, for plants you can also use the roll of sowing paper. It will be enough to make four vertical cuts of the same length. To be as precise as possible you can take a roll of adhesive tape that you will use on a surface as a base, place a marker on top and bring the paper roll close to it. In this way, with the marker fixed by turning the cardboard you will have a precise mark on the entire circumference, useful for delimiting the depth of the cuts.
Cardboard rolls for sowing.
Once you have made the 4 cuts, fold the four flaps that have been created on themselves, as if to close the roll. Then fill with soil and seeds and water, the seeds will germinate very quickly and, thanks to the composition of the cardboard roll, you can plant the roll itself directly, thus avoiding transplanting the newly born seedlings.
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