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Are you sure that empty tin can or metal is there in your homeyard, a road just standing? Seemingly just garbage, but those cans are actually great! We will learn about why this simple metal is great for the environment, provide some eco-friendly reuse ideas and a few easy DIY projects you can do with tin cans as well as have time to look back over its fascinating history- from Napoleon famously offering 12,000 francs in prize money (which was never claimed) for anyone who could preserve food suitable enough to feed his army off far north-grand menus!
Every time we toss out tinned can into the trash, it ends up in a landfill. A landfill is kind of like a mountain made out of trash. Do you know some tin cans can take more than 50 years to fully degrade in a landfill? That's a really long time! When the can is landfilled, it sits for a while and takes up lots of space and could release toxic chemicals as well which hurt soil and water there. We can then recycle tin cans we no longer have any use for instead of disposing it as garbage and hence prevent pollution.
We use empty tin cans for so many fun things. Upcycling is when you use something that was going to be thrown away, broken down etc and repurposing it for a new life. So how do we maximize these empty containers and create new things without spending so much. We are not only being creative, but we also contribute to saving our planet first by reusing and repurposing rather than just throwing away.
For me, using an empty tin can to make fun and crafty things! Here are 12 DIY projects to get this day started! Silent-TamAlamy Stock PhotoTo make a flowerpot (or vase)_internal_one idea is to decorate an empty tin sneakers! You can also paint the outside of one... put stickers or tie ribbons around them. It will give you the color for your flowers or plants.
Do you honestly realize that the tin cans have truly been about for more than 200 years. Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810. His idea was genius - he wanted to place food into a metal tin (one that had been sealed air-tight) so it could remain fresh for weeks and even months. It was something new and exotic to store food in!
But, it was a man by the name of Bryan Donkin in 1813 that truly brought tin cans to everyone. He then produced many of them in his own factory, it could make more than 2000 cans a day! Initially they were only used to store food, but during World War 2 this changed and the army started using these cans as a way of supplying canned goods for soldiers. This just goes to show you how valuable and versatile tin cans have been throughout the ages.
In addition to the natural conservation practices we have shared in our post, there are a myriad of creative and practical other uses for empty coffee cans as well. They can be made into drums but gluing a variety of size cans together. In a musical sense, that can be fun! And you may be able to use a few tools and make tin can stilts if your parents are up for that! Be careful with the hammer and nails though!
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