I recently came across the Internet for interesting statistical calculations:
According to the survey conducted in 50 and Moscow families, about 84% of the population at home and at work is used by solid soap, and the remaining 16% - liquid means.
On average, one piece of soap weighing 100 grams is spent on one person for 15 days.
In seven of the ten respondents, the kneadings are thrown out, and in other cases, soaps are not used in direct intended. Taking into account the data obtained, it can be concluded that, for example, in the city with a population of about ten million people per year consumed approximately 20,000 tons of solid soap, of which 1.120 tons are ejected, and 480 tons are not used for direct purpose.
With a minimum retail soap price of 0.50 USD, it turns out that for the year by consumers is paid and the soap is ejected in the form of residues in the amount of 5.6 million USD, is not used for its intended purpose in the amount of 2.4 million sud.
Think about - Millions of dollars we just throw away in the garbage!
Meanwhile, the kneadings can be useful in the set of a wide variety of areas of our life. I hung in my bathroom and in the kitchen Cute mesh bags (very convenient to use meshes from under vegetables), and folded there slices of soap, which is already uncomfortable to put hands.
After some time, they are recruited "in assortment" - different colors, odor, toilet, children's, economic ...
I sort them and ... So, what do I do with the kneaders and my friends?
1. A friend of my needlework is not fond of (unlike me), so she instead of the bags put in the bathroom bottle from under the liquid soap and folds the kneadings there (except for the wrappers from the economic soap). Only before they need to break or cut the knife to pieces - so that they climbed into the neck. When the bottle is full of soap fragments - fills them with hot water. After a while she has an almost full liquid soap bottle.
2. You can sew a square pocket from the matter, the size is 10 per 10 cm, it is better to take a scribe of an old terry towel. Stick around the edge, leaving only a tiny hole in one of the corners. Through this hole and put inside the pocket of the knead. As a result, you have a self-smiling rag for washing dishes. If you do not know how to sew at all or laziness - you can use a terry sock ... (At the same time, the problem of the unpaid socks is solved). If there is no lonely sock (well, you suddenly you and members of your family socks do not wear or they don't lose any couples. But it can just yesterday, all the unpaired socks were thrown out) - you can take old tights, cutting them with a ribbon and bump (again tights not need to throw away).
3. Soap solution (the same kneads, filled with water, but the water pour a little more than for liquid soap) is good for washing dishes, washing children's little things, for car wash or to allow soap bubbles.
4. Household soaps Collect a separate bottle - a great detergent for kitchen sink.
5. By adding a little food soda here, you will get a good detergent for kitchen furniture, window bakes and doors.
6. For the washing of linoleum and tiles in the womb solution, add the ammonia alcohol.
7. Dry thin wash can be used as a tailoring chalk.
8. Soap solution is well glued on the windows of the New Year snowflakes from napkins. First, after that, the windows are perfectly laundered, and secondly, laundering children (which are always involved in such events), their clothes, hands and the surrounding reality from soap are much easier than from glue.
9. Previously, when there were no plastic windows (and now they are not at all) with a soapy mortar, the paper strips were glued to the windows to insulate the apartment to winter. In the spring, all this is easily moving, and the frames after such pasting are spoiled just fine!
10. I also use a soap solution in the process of manufacturing felt toys and paintings. Wool falls into felt much easier and faster, if you wash it with a soap solution, and not to blame "dry".
11. And besides, I do from the womb ... soap! Everyone probably saw beautiful counters in stores, on which it lies very beautiful, fragrant and extremely expensive handmade soap. So - my soap in quality and beauty is no worse, but it costs much cheaper. Plus limitless opportunities for creativity. And sometimes for a joint creativity with a child, which is very important for me. Plus, the problem of gifts - most of my acquaintances really liked to receive such interesting lumps for holidays and days of birth (and sometimes balls, cylinders, flowers and any other figures). How is the topic for a separate article. Saving money, ecology and opportunity for creativity, in my opinion, sufficient reason not to throw out the kneadings.
And what to do with the washers? Here are 10 ways to apply soap residues.
one. The easiest method Get rid of womb - It is to attach a small wash to a new piece of soap.
Well, if the kneadings still remain, then:
2. Those who are engaged in sewing Apply kneaders Instead of Portnov's chalk. The lines left by soap are clearly visible, and after washing from the line there is no trace.
3. From the womb you can make a comfortable "pad" for needles. At the same time, soap will ensure the fluctuating of the needles to facilitate work.
four. If you fold the kneadings into a special bag, then the self-chanting urine, which is no longer necessary to specifically scale. If you do not know how or do not want to sew and knit, then the kneadings can be put in the sock (maybe not a steam room) and tie.
five. The kneadings can serve and to facilitate screwing the screws into the tree, it is enough to smear it with soap.
6. Also Oblons (toilet fragrant soap) use like araomatizer, laying it between linen in cabinets, suitcases. And you can be sure that the edge smell you do not appear.
7. If you have a retractable drawer of the table well put forward, then the kneadings can help. It is only necessary to grasp the bottom of the box from the outside and the supports for which the box is extended (to reduce friction) and the drawer move will become easy.
eight. If you are not yet prepared their home to winter cold , Using the kneadings, you can stick the windows. It is enough to lubricate paper or fabric ribbons with a solution of soap. After such insulation, there will be no traces on the windows.
nine. With the help of washers, you can decorate the windows to the new year. Cut out snowflakes And with the help of soap glue snowflakes to glass.
10. Those who are engaged in soap, do not even have a question where to give the kneaders. They are creating beauty.
10. You can collect all the kneadings and pour water. Leave them before dissolving, then pour into a bottle with the dispenser, and you will have a liquid soap.
I did paste.
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