My family is big on reusing, but when we recently skipped putting out the recycling because no one wanted to brave the snowstorm going on outside, I realized we go through a fair amount of milk cartons and we don't really look for ways to reuse them.

We dutifully toss milk cartons in the blue bin so they can be recycled, but reusing should always come before recycling. So I sat down to brainstorm. If you're looking for a green way to reuse your milk cartons, these five reuses are a great start.

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Cara Smusiak