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7 Ways to Reduce Household Waste

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If you decide to buy in bulk as a way to save money, you can preserve some of that food for later. It’s possible to bring your own bags for bulk food items in a lot of cases. Compost kitchen waste to feed your garden. Preserve Some of Your Food. Another way to prevent waste is to preserve some of your food.

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Go Green This Halloween

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Tip # 2 Recycle/reuse costumes. Compost it by cutting it up and putting it on the pile. My daughter-in-law came up with this idea, buying bulk pumpkins and bulk flowers. My daughter-in-law came up with this idea, buying bulk pumpkins and bulk flowers. What do you do to recycle/reuse on Halloween?

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10 Ways To Make Your Home A Zero-Waste Facility

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Buy In Bulk By eliminating all packaging of food supplies, we could substantially cut the amount of packaging trash we throw away each day. Pick up some reusable containers and shop in bulk for everything possible. Glass or metal can last a lifetime should you wish to reuse either one and are better recycling material than plastic is.

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