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Do you Recycle?

Recycle, reuse and save. I can't say it often enough. Recycling those plastic bottles, milk and egg cartons and becoming more aware of the importance of knowing how to recycle can keep our planet clean. If you are getting ready to toss that gallon milk or water jug, stop. you can recycle and or reuse it. I can't begin to tell you how many totally reusable things I used to throw away without thinking about the money I can save by re-using them or how I can contribute to a cleaner planet. One day I read a tip about how to turn a milk jug into a scoop. Wow. Perfect for cat litter, if I had a cat. But then I thought about using one as a potting scoop for getting the dirt into my clay pots. That works.

I was visiting a friend who used a wine bottle as a salad dressing bottle. What a neat idea. Why didn't I think of that?

I've searched the Internet for ideas for reusing household products instead of recycling them or before you finally recycle them.

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Great/Cheap Work Out Weights

Want to work out and need weights. You know you can use soup cans but how how about using your empty plastic milk or water bottle? Filled with sand, a gallon jug weighs about 10 lbs. The half gallon of course would be around 5lbs. They are easy to hold and I found that swinging them as I walk, the smaller ones of course, I started out with small coke cans and worked up to 1/2 gallon milk cartons. Haven't quite reached the 10lbs yet.

So Much to Save in So Many Ways!

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Egg Cartons - Who Knew?

Egg cartons are perfect for golf balls! Great for extras. Better than rolling around in a box somewhere in the garage.

When You Travel--Plastic Bags are Priceless

Did You Know It Take 1000 years for Plastic Bags to Decompose in the Landfill?
I used to travel a lot--I was in the travel industry. It took me awhile, to learn how to pack well. Plastic bags were in my suitcase and carry-on. I put my shoes in them. I used them for my laundry and stuck a few in my purse to have handy if there was an unexpected rain shower. Popped over my head kept my hair dry. Also, when coming through Customs, I always had my Duty Free gifts in plastic bags to show the Custom Inspectors. Didn't have to root through my suitcase.



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Make Old Things New,

Try recycling an old outfit, tee, jacket. You can make old things new again. Yes you can.

Turn Old Clothes Into Fashion Styles

Why spend tons of money on humdrum designer duds when it's possible to revamp a piece you already own to create a guaranteed original that looks, fits, and feels just the way it should?
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ONe of the most disturbing lenses I've seen---we've got to do something to stop this now.

Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch

Plastic Bags and The Enviornment

According to the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research group, "about 500 billion plastic bags are discarded around the world annually. It is estimated a traditional plastic bag will break down and dissolve over the course of 1,000 years".

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Reuse those Plastic Bags

Car trash bags--easy to toss out when you make a gas stop.

Ball up bags and stuff them into purses to help them keep their shape in the off-season

Use them instead of bubble wrap for mailing. Just ball 'em up.

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I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books) by Alison Inches

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Gaiam Folding Recycling Bags (Color Coded) Set of 3 (Paper, Glass, Cans)

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Rubbermaid FG295673 Blue Medium Deskside Recycling Container with Universal Recycle Symbol, 28-1/8 qt Capacity, 14.4" Length x 10.25" Width x 15" Height

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Finding Things and Ways to Recycle Has Become my Hobby.

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Serious About Recycling?

If like me, you are serious about recycling, here are a few great lenses to check out and find out how to do it easily.
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Spring Is Coming - Are You Composting?

Spring is just a few months away and now is the time to get your composting going to fertilize those plants.


The All Seasons Indoor Composter kit is a unique, in-house system used to recycle kitchen scraps into an organic compost soil conditioner. The most effective method of fermenting is through anaerobic (without oxygen) fermentation.


Three aerated compartments enable kids to view the entire decomposition process clearly and make side-by-side comparisons between different materials.

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What Do You Use to Recycle?

  • Mar 3, 2012 @ 2:46 am | delete
    I think this is a nice lens, we should pay attention to environmental protection

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    cone crusher

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    sand making machine

    conveyor belt

    rotary dryer

    jaw crusher

    impact crusher
  • limited279 Feb 18, 2012 @ 12:14 pm | delete
    We used to all laugh at my grandfather for collecting golf ballls evrytime we played but then each spring he would have a garage sale and sell the golf balls in egg cartons for $5 a dozen! He usually made $40 and prevented a few hundred balls from ever have being made.
  • ionee_25 Feb 11, 2012 @ 4:34 am | delete
    Thanks for this lens. The Cheap Work Out Weights idea is great.
  • TripleTK Feb 6, 2012 @ 11:33 pm | delete
    We really focus on reducing, which for us means not buying packaged foods. For my kids lunches I make a real effort to use their thermoses and tupperware containers, rather than packaged stuff. Better for health as well. We also compost and recycle and have our garbage down to very little.
  • goldenrulecomics Feb 5, 2012 @ 12:03 pm | delete
    Bags are always recycled in our house. Handouts, junk mail, etc., all become notepaper for us, and we write on both sides of every sheet before it goes in the recycling bin.
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