Living Green, One Tip at a Time -
# 6 - Reuse (part 1)
Garage sales: shop at and hold garage sales, it’s a lot of fun and a great way to reuse products.
Reusables: switch from disposable to reuseable products: food and beverage containers, cups, plates, writing pens, razors, diapers, towels, shopping bags, etc.
Donations: Donate (and buy used):
– household items – clothes, furniture, dishes, books, sports equipment, magazines, appliances, electronics, business attire, wedding attire, etc.
– women’s business attire (Dress for Success)
– computer equipment
– cell phones, iPod/MP3 Players, laptops, PDAs, ink cartridges - recycle to charities or to Cure Recycling
– if you would like to start your own recycling program, check out Wireless Recycling
– building materials to Habitat for Humanity (or to companies who specialize in selling used materials)
- eyegasses (to Lions Club, Pearle, or Lenscrafters)
- extra hangers (to your local dry cleaners)
– art materials (to a school or cultural organization)
– unwanted boxed/bagged/canned food (to homeless shelters, food banks, or soup kitchens)
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Monica Parlee
Great tips. I want to live greener but it can be overwhelming at times. This is definitely doable. Have a great weekend! :)
Great tips and will be using this info~ thanks
Those are some good life tips.TLC
Great tips! Thanks for sharing them.
Have you heard about the Re-Store? It's a store where donated building supplies can be purchased at a really good price. Things like doors, windows, plumbing and electrical supplies, kitchen and bathroom hardware. Stuff like that. good recycling concept.
I am commenting here rather than on your B just because I have been nodding my head the whole time I have been reading.
I so appreciate your thoughtful recipes and look forward to each day's greeting of something new to prepare in my kitchen AND I feel I have found a kindred in you. Makes me happy.
Older Moms rock, don't we? :-)
My A-Z posts are here.
Some great tips here :) Thank you for visiting my place, and nice to meet you during the A-Z challenge :)
It drives me crazy when I see how much waste we use in packaging stuff at the store. These are some good ideas.
Monica, thank you for stopping by my blog. I am following your blog and find it very interesting. I am dropping out of the A to Z blog challege in the next few days. I told Arlee that I would try to join next year. Please stop by again. I have a dog blog too…you might enjoy it too…
www.http://lifeofapoundpuppy.blogspot.com
Please stop by sometime! Gail
Hi Monica, I just realized that you have already stopped by my blog about dogs!! Sorry, I have two and I thought you had stopped by the other one!
Gail :)
I'm in the A-Z Challenge, too. Instead of talking about Blog Book Tours, I'll also mention my work with Little Pickle Press – a green kidlit publisher! I manage their blog and organize tours. Thanks for visiting me! http://www.littlepicklepress.com
Wish more people reused.great post.
Did you heard what Rob Matts said about that?
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