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World Wisdom: Clear Drop Recycling Innovations

Motherhood Moments

Before Clear Drop , flying soft plastics were hard to collect and costly to transport for consumers, who simply didn’t know what to do with them. Plastics are poison for the planet, difficult to separate, transport, and hold in one place. What advantages does the organics collector have over other home composting systems?

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How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Basically there are two reasons to compost. The first is to recycle leftover food, grass cuttings, and fallen leaves that might ordinarily end up in a landfill. The second is supplementary to the first–you use the compost as fertilizer. There are many ways to store the compost until it’s ready to use.

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10 Ways to Transform Your Home into an Eco-Friendly Haven

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Don’t Waste Food. When you waste food, you’re not just wasting food—you’re also wasting the resources used to grow and make it. This means you waste water, fertiliser, soil, and even the fuel used to transport your food. Moreover, when you throw away food and it begins to rot, it produces methane.

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How to Save Cash and Your Health With a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Fifty years ago, this was the norm; almost every backyard had a veggie patch that supplemented the food bought at a store. Then life got busy, food was more readily available and was often flown in from further afield, making varieties available out of season. Making your own compost will save you around $35 to $60.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 7-11/11- Valentine’s Kiss Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Financial Highway tells us how we can beat inflation with our food budget. Passive Family Income shares with us 5 ways we can save on transportation. The Greenest Dollar tells us how we can compost indoors , even if we live in an apartment. Sounds awesome to me. We have all of these things on stock. Going Green. Reducing Debt.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Limiting waste is what really drives most of the habits I have that would qualify as “frugal” – reducing/eliminating food waste, returning unneeded items, pursuing refunds, checking on warranties, repairing things, etc. For me, being in the kitchen and making food for people is an act of love. We lived for 2.5