Recycle Your Way to Lower Home Heating Costs
Light Your Fire with Drier Lint
Just follow the four simple steps below and you will be on your way to a quickly warm fireplace to cuddle up next to, without the hassle or the cost of kindling wood!
Step One
Don't throw away your old egg cartons, Save them...All of them! You'll need the paper cartons, not plastic ones! Just hold onto these until Step Four.
Step Two
You know, the bags and bags of drier lint that you throw away each year...STOP throwing them away! Hold onto that drier lint and put it to good use by recycling it to use in heating your home!
Step Three
Burn a large candle, make sure it has burned long enough for a pool of liquid wax to form (at least a few tablespoons).
Step Four
Open up an egg carton and stuff it to the max with the drier lint. Then close the lid and pour your candle wax down inside all of the holes. Make sure your lint is nice and saturated.
Allow this dry overnight or at the very least for 2-3 hours, then just take your new "kindling" and stick in the stove, just as you would regular kindling wood (but now you won't need the newspaper either), then light it up and close the door!
It's so easy to do! Collect your egg cartons for awhile and then do a whole bunch of "fire starters" at once or do one each time you empty an egg carton, it will only take a couple of minutes and you will be done!
Just think, not only are you helping to heat your house with out the hassle of cutting kindling wood or the high cost of paying for it (and don't forget about the mess), but you are also helping the environment, by cutting down on the amount of trash in our landfills just from recycling your lint and egg cartons! Imagine how pretty it will smell throughout your home if you use a scented candle wax too!
Published by V. L. Hamlin
V. L. Hamlin is a writer, foodie and crafter. She graduated from college in 2000 with a degree in Liberal Arts. Hamlin has been writing online content since 2006 and is currently freelancing for Demand Media... View profile
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Post a CommentExcellent job on this article. Very well done!