I’m not sure if it’s a problem everywhere, but businesses in our area love littering coroplast signs — the ones with metal prong feet — all over the public boulevards. Including right outside our house. I used to just throw them away, but I eventually realized I was ditching valuable material.

Now, I toss the plastic and cut the metal into long rods. It’s amazing how often it comes in handy. This weekend, for example, I used some to replace a toy monster truck’s broken axle.