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My wife and I have convinced several friends of ours to start recycling! Think of the difference you can make by convincing just one friend or family to recycle each month! Over the years you will be responsible for keeping tons of waste out of landfills!

Paper vs. Plastic? Bag your own!

Paper bags vs. Plastic bags ... use canvas When going to the grocery store, one might wonder which way to answer the cashier when asked "Paper or plastic"? The answer is that both types are about equally harmful to the environment. The answer should have come with you to the store in the form of sturdy reusable bags! Sometimes we forget, and in that case, pick whichever YOU are more likely to reuse or recycle, and TRY TO BAG YOUR GROCERIES YOURSELF!

It boggles my mind, over and over I see cashiers putting one or two things in each bag, so you could walk out of there with 20 lightly filled bags! When I ask for as few bags as possible they look at me strangely, sometimes giving me an attitude. I guess these people are not paid to think!

For more information about comparison between paper and plastic click here:

http://www.reusablebags.com/facts.php?id=7

Bright Ideas for Batteries and Lightbulbs

If you don't have the time to figure out where to take a battery or what to do with it - just put it in the "battery box" on that shelf in your basement. If it takes you years to get to it so what? Just don't throw that battery away no matter how small - just throw it in the BATTERY BOX!

I also have a lighbulb box for the energy saving bulbs that no longer work. They have small amounts of mercury in them. Not sure where to take them nor do I have the time, but I can take them downstairs to my shelf where I keep my lighbulb box.

For more information:
http://earth911.org/blog/2007/07/05/how-to-recycle-and-properly-dispose-of-batteries/

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