A lot of "talk" here about repurposing things. Ditter43 had a good one, read it here-
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-112047-1.htm
It is so true. People think they recycle good today but it's nothing compared to. I remember taking bottles back for 5 cents and we even had a "special" can outside in the ground for food garbage. It was collected seperately from regular garbage. We had a milk man and even a milk machine up the street mom would send us to. With 6 kids and little money, she used to mix powdered milk with whole milk to stretch it. We used to put water in the ketchup bottle to get every last drop! But I'm off track b/c I'm '61 baby. Mom was '36.