{"id":146284,"date":"2025-09-15T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/146284\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:48:11","slug":"homeowner-shares-photo-of-clever-way-theyre-using-old-coffee-container-that-is-so-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/146284\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowner shares photo of clever way they’re using old coffee container: ‘That is so awesome’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Redditor had some neighborhood birds they wanted to keep well-fed and found a clever way of doing so with a common household item. They took to r\/Anticonsumption<\/a> to share their craftiness.<\/p>\n

“Found a way to reuse\/recycle plastic coffee cans,” wrote<\/a> the original poster. “Birds seem to enjoy the concept.”<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Reddit<\/p>\n

The poster had cut holes in the sides of an old coffee container and filled it with birdseed. Other creative bird-lovers have used forklift chains, dollhouses, and even toilet paper rolls to provide support to local avians.<\/p>\n

While reuse techniques like this save a few bucks when it comes to getting a store-bought feeder, it’s even more impressive for how it prevents plastic waste.<\/p>\n

Plastic waste is a huge environmental problem. The Pacific Ocean is home to a massive plastic garbage patch, which clean-up organizations are working non-stop to reduce. Wild animals are frequently tangled and killed by plastic garbage. Unfortunately, that’s not the only problem introduced by these items.<\/p>\n

As they degrade, containers shed particles that end up in our food supply systems. When ingested, these microplastics introduce all kinds of digestive, renal, immune, endocrine, circulatory, and reproductive health risks.<\/p>\n

While you may be interested in recycling<\/a> to avoid these negative consequences, despite some advances in technology, plastic recycling is widely ineffective. It’s best to avoid using plastic<\/a> in the first place. Eliminating plastic use altogether also cuts down on the oil production needed to make plastic items in the first place.<\/p>\n

Reddit commenters were fully impressed by the original poster’s dedication to keeping the birds happy while also minimizing plastic waste.<\/p>\n

“That is so awesome! Thank you for sharing and also helping the feathered friends!” said<\/a> one community member.<\/p>\n

“Love it, great idea! Keeps the seeds dry and fresh for the hungry happy birbs,” replied<\/a> another.<\/p>\n

Join our free newsletter<\/a> for easy tips to save more and waste less, and don’t miss this cool list<\/a> of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Redditor had some neighborhood birds they wanted to keep well-fed and found a clever way of doing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,14497,295,78133,24721,10804,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-146284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-coffee","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-plastic-garbage","13":"tag-plastic-recycling","14":"tag-plastic-waste","15":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}