Interior Design Expert Leslie Neblett working on show guest, Cameron's bedroom.

Recycling isn't limited to bottles and cans. Try re-using everyday household items in new ways to simply and inexpensively help the environment:

• Are free address labels piling up in a drawer? Use them on anything you don't want to lose — books you loan out or your office stapler, for example.
  
• Use a wire hanger from the dry cleaner to remove static from clothes, running the long side over your pants and between your pants and socks.
  
• An empty matchbook makes a great portable sewing kit. Just store a few needles where the matches used to be and wind thread around the cover.
  
• Haven't used that jump rope in a while? Use it as an indoor clothesline to store hats or gloves in a mudroom or hall closet. The items will keep their shape, dry faster and be easy to find.
  
• A jump rope is also great for tying down items in an over-filled trunk.
  
• The cardboard tray of a case of soda makes a great disposable kitty litter box. The plastic that comes attached to the cardboard will keep the tray from leaking.