SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT WITH 5 ORGANIZATION HACKS
No. 2: Organize power cords with old bread tags. Have a chaotic power strip that’s impossible to navigate or reorganize on the fly? Luckily, you already have labels that’ll easily attach to any cord you have: bread tags. One side of your bread tag may list the “best by” date for your bread. The other side is blank! That’s where you can take a permanent marker, write down the name of the cord, and attach it to the cord near the power strip. No. 3: Repurpose old drawers to be under-the-bed storage. Most people will throw out their old wardrobes, but if you have leftover drawers, you don’t have to get rid of them. Refinishing them is optional — they make great storage containers as-is for under your bed! Store toys, board games, and more beneath your bed, sofa, or anywhere else that has a narrow opening.
No. 4: Convert an old wine rack into towel storage. It can be a tough task to stow your towels in a fashionable way. But as you begin to upgrade your home decor, you may find an extra wine rack on your hands, which happens to be perfect for storing rolled towels! No. 5: Use a hollowed book for remote control storage. Have a thick book that you’re about to get rid of? It might feel sacrilegious to repurpose a book, but it’s also one of the coolest ways to celebrate literature in a stylish, practical way. Hollow out a book and use it to store many things, including remote controls.
ou may want to throw away your bread tags, old rakes, and
shower curtain rings, but what if you can reuse them for a more sustainable, organized lifestyle? You’ll never lose your remote control or confuse your power cords again, and it won’t even cost you anything extra. No. 1: Use shower curtain rings to hang clothing items. Tank tops and delicates (like scarves) tend to scrunch and pile up in the corner of your closet or drawers. But if you’re replacing your curtain rings anytime soon, don’t toss your old ones — you can attach them to hangers and hang ties, belts, hats, and many other accessories!
We hope these tips will inspire you to reduce and reuse! See you next month!
Tariq Tongue: Making the World a Little Safer EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
“For a private company, safety means a lot,” says Tariq Tongue, CSP. Tariq is Dri Tech’s safety manager, and this last year has really been trial by fire. But, as he says, safety is too important to ignore. “Obviously, the most important part is nobody getting hurt. But we have to also stay in compliance and mitigate risks because if we don’t, we can get in real trouble.” And as Tariq will tell you, legal trouble for a company of our size could be a really bad situation. Like most Dri Tech team members, Tariq has been in his field for a while — since 2014 — as safety personnel for several different cruise lines in Miami. “Then I got the chance to cut my teeth on a real high-rise project,” he says. After that, he got big jobs, like overseeing safety while they expanded the third-largest mall in America. Eventually, he ended up here. “Friday the 13th, 2020, actually,” he says, “I got here to join my wife, and then everything got shut down.” Suddenly, Tariq found himself in a new situation, and with a whole new level of safety to worry about. “I’d never worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before,” he says. When he isn’t working, you’ll find Tariq at home with his wife. They’re expecting their first child this year, and he’s very excited about the prospect. “I cannot wait for that,” he says. Tariq is also an avid football player — he was a wide receiver for Penn State back in college — and is a member of a coalition flag football team that travels the country, representing all of Las Vegas.
Thank you, Tariq, for all you do!
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