Learn the art of upcycling. Take things you would have thrown out and turn it into something useful.

“I’m already a basic reuser — what’s that, old sock? You want to come out of retirement as a cleaning rag? — but I know I can up my game. There must be more that I can do to not only divert my landfill fodder, but also do so in a way that makes sense for me. So last week, I headed to a community workshop on reusing commonly tossed items at my neighborhood library [...]. Get this: Turned inside out, cat treat bags (and bags that hold chips or other snacks) actually make pretty impressive gift bags. Even better, foil-lined coffee bags can morph into curly ribbon decorations. Now there’s a craft I can actually handle, with an end result I can actually use (you guys, I can work scissors).”