I use a mosquito repellent to kill ants.
What other products do you use for what purposes?
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The boring one I do most often is shopping bags (non-reusable) for trash can liners.
One I've heard of but not done is wasp spray as pepper spray /people repellant.
I like to use the plastic wrappers that toilet rolls are sold in for waste bin liners. I don't know about other places, or even manufacturers, but the ones I buy come in a wrapper that doesn't have any holes except the one I tear to get at the rolls in the first place. All I need to do is widen that a bit once the rolls have run out and it's ready for any bin or bucket I might be using.
I'm also using an old shredder bin as a waste bin because the shredder part died. Decided I might as well hang on to the lower part. Perfectly usable receptacle.
It's rubbish, but that only makes it more apt!
Who Gives A Crap.
I'm not being snarky. That's a bamboo sourced toilet paper that doesn't use plastic and ships right to your door. I like to bring them up a lot because I like the product and the service and the environmental impact.
In principle, I'm all for that. In practice, I'm on a shoestring budget and when serviceable toilet paper can be had for half the price of a bamboo roll, I have to take the cheaper option.
Ahhh, that's a different story. In that case, steal gas station TP until you can save up for a bidet attachment.