The patronage of toiletries, foods, drinks, water, among others, for domestic use, leads to a mass production of waste.

Toilet roll holders, plastic containers or plastic bottles, bottle covers, boxes, polythene bags, et cetera, are produced as waste and discarded after use.

The discarded waste from a number of households, across the country, add up to the nation’s waste production.

It becomes necessary for households and Pre-school centres to make keen efforts to re-use patronised items after their use.

This can be an alternative mode of waste reduction in the country.

For instance, in Pre-school centres, there is rampant toilet paper use which leaves a lot of toilet roll holders. These holders can be painted into varying colours. Thus, they can serve as counting aids, colour aids, sorting aids, as well as play objects, among other uses.

The same practice can be done at home to aid children in assignments from school or study periods.

Bottle covers can also be used to serve the purposes of counting and sorting objects without painting because they usually come in assorted colours.

Bigger containers can be reused to store the bottle covers in order to keep them intact. They can also be used to keep jewelries at home, among other things.

On the other hand, empty boxes can be used to keep toilet roll holders both at home and Pre-school centres. Boxes can also be cut out into a variety of shapes to assist children in learning both at school and home.

They can as well be used as containers when suitably designed.

After the upper part of plastic bottles has been cut off, the lower part can be wrapped (when need be) to serve as artificial flower vessels and snack bowls. Also, different types of soil can be put into them to grow flowers of one’s choice. Erasers, pencils, pens, binder clips, coloured pencils, et cetera can be kept in them as well.

Plastic bottles can be cut into creative designs to serve as toys for children and also cut into desirable designs to store items such as candies, rice, wheat, sugar, noodles, et cetera, at home and Pre-school centres.

On a daily basis, polythene or plastic bags are used to serve customers after buying stuff from shops, markets or stores. There has been a rise in polythene waste due to the demand for extra packaging bags.

Also, instead of re-using available plastic bags, individuals usually discard them. They can be kept to be used upon next purchase of items from a shop, market or store.

Plastic bags can be used as dust bin liner in both Pre-school centres and homes to make it easier for waste collectors to carry. Also, items that have the tendency to decay (such as peels of fruits and vegetables) can be tied in plastic bags before discarding them into the bins.

Used diapers from children can be tied in plastic bags before discarding.

These practices reduce bad odour circulation in our immediate environment and prevent flies invasion.

A friendly environment will be achieved through the re-use of re-usable objects such as toilet roll holders, plastic containers or bottles, bottle covers, boxes, plastic bags, among others.