What can I do with my paper towel tube?
What can I do with my paper towel tube? You’ve probably tossed hundreds of paper towel tubes in the trash during your lifetime. But did you know that old paper towel tubes can help you get organized, provide you and your family with hours of entertainment, and save you money? So stop throwing them away — there are many ways to recycle and reuse old paper towel tubes. Let’s start with organization. We all get plastic bags from the grocery store on occasion and most of us save and reuse them. However, it can be frustrating if you don’t have anywhere to store your plastic bags. An old paper towel tube happens to be the perfect plastic grocery bag holder [source: Alvarez-Lundie]. You can stuff a number of bags inside the cardboard tube and save yourself a lot of cupboard space. You can also use old paper towel tubes to organize your cord