How to recycle cereal and pasta boxes

Looking for ideas on how to recycle cereal and pasta boxes ? Both are foods we consume daily, so it's normal to often find empty cardboard boxes at home. But before you throw them away, we want to show you how easy it is to reuse them through creative recycling . Avoiding waste and doing good for the environment. What can you do with the boxes?

Creatively recycling cardboard boxes helps us conserve precious resources like paper and cardboard. The fact that it takes so little to transform them into magazine racks, organizers, or simply children's crafts is a real incentive to get involved. Here are 10 ideas to inspire you to recycle cereal and pasta boxes into useful and original objects.

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Magazine rack made from cereal boxes

The first and perhaps most basic idea is to make magazine racks. After cutting them out like the ones you see in the photo, all you have to do is cover them with colored paper and fill them with your favorite magazines, to keep them organized and within easy reach.

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Cereal box briefcase

An alternative but equally useful use is to turn cereal boxes into briefcases. Again, cover them with paper of your choice and attach a plastic handle or ribbon to one side: this will serve as a grip.

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Crafts to make with cereal boxes

But it's the cereal box crafts that can be the most rewarding, especially if there are children in the house. One of them is this miniature washing machine, where girls and boys can wash their dolls' clothes.

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Dividers with pasta boxes

Pasta boxes come in a variety of shapes: all of them can be useful for making super-cheerful drawer dividers . Simply cut them at the base to a common height, cover them with colored paper , and glue them together so they fit together perfectly.

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Organizer with cereal boxes

Along the same lines as the previous idea, you could use cereal and pasta boxes for a unique creative reuse: a desk organizer . What you see in the photo lacks absolutely nothing, not even a sturdy base.

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Bookmarks with pasta boxes

How can you recycle pasta boxes to please bookworms? Bookmarks are always a great gift for those who love keeping track of their reading. Get creative with the decorations you can apply to them to personalize them.

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Cereal box bracelets

You probably never thought of it, but you can also make bracelets with cereal or pasta boxes: just cut them into strips and roll them up to make bead-like shapes. These are then joined with a rubber band.

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Notebooks with cereal boxes

The inside of cereal boxes is uncolored, allowing them to be used as covers for diaries, notebooks, and notebooks. You can personalize them with stamps or by adding colored fabric or paper inserts.

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Cereal Box Decorations

Creative recycling of cereal boxes also includes decorations . To get the ones you see in the photo, just follow the folding pattern above. It will take a little patience, but the work will be worth it once you're done.

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Pasta box coasters

Last but not least, a great idea for recycling pasta boxes is to turn them into coasters . Again, you'll need to cut the cardboard into long, thin strips and then roll them up into a circle at least 8 cm in diameter. It couldn't be easier.

Pasta and Cereal Boxes: 10 Ideas for Recycling Them