Tuesday Tips, Week 26
This week’s Tuesday Tip, reduce your paper use and print double-sided. How many times have you accidentally printed out the wrong thing? Or forgot to set your printer to print out only one page and accidentally printed out two or more? Instead of throwing away those extra copies, turn them right-side up and reuse the paper. Or, use the unprinted areas for note paper. Tip #26: Reuse the back-side of your print outs. Use every scrap of paper and save money on having to buy ream after...
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This week’s Tuesday Tip, pick up trash at your local park or favorite camp site. It often blows my mind how an entire bag of fast food can end up on the ground at my favorite campground. People should feel privileged to experience the great outdoors instead of trashing it. This weekend while camping, my husband and I walked around the camp site and picked up a small bag of trash. I felt like the little bit we did was good for the park. Tip #25: Make it a challenge; pick up 20 pieces of...
Read MoreTuesday Tips, Week 22
This week’s Tuesday Tip, glass bottle art. Most of the drink containers in my household are aluminum or plastic, as you can tell we’re tres chic! However, while shopping for an eco-baby gift a few weeks ago, I encountered a clever and beautiful use for glass containers: light fixtures! Tip #22: Get creative with your glass bottles! Reusing glass bottles for center pieces or light fixtures can save you money. Looking for a creative light fixture for the dining room? Turn old wine...
Read MoreTuesday Tips, Week 20
This week’s Tuesday Tip, finding less expensive and reusable alternatives for air filters. Or possibly any filter if the contraption you’re using will accept it! Tip #20: Reusable and less expensive air filters! Less expensive air filters are, well, less expensive! We use an air filter to limit the pet hair, dust, and smoke in our indoor air. Every year, we need to replace our HEPA filter with a new one for about $35.00. This year, we took out the air filter, examined it and...
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This week’s Tuesday Tip, many uses for plastic bottles. Don’t want to recycle all of your plastic bottles? Creative ideas for reusing plastic milk jugs and soda bottles. Tip #19: Creative uses for plastic bottles and jugs! Reusing plastic bottles and jugs can save money on everyday items. Need some small containers to start a garden? Cut the top off a plastic soda bottle, cut a couple of small holes in the bottom of the bottle and use the base as a container to grow some...
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