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World Wisdom: Clear Drop Recycling Innovations

Motherhood Moments

Affordably priced and geared to the home user, each patent-pending Clear Drop unit addresses one specific type of recycling, making it as simple and effective as possible to stop polluting with destructive soft plastics and garbage organic waste. Many items are not processed or recycled and end up in a dump. There are 6.3

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My Backyard Compost

Family Balance Sheet

My composting adventures all started about 9 years ago when our local Penn State Cooperative Extension office offered a free composting bin (the round one in the picture) when you attended their free composting seminar. I have a system going, but I am a laid back composter. So what did I learn at the seminar?

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Caring Causes: Sproutlings Natural Arts & Crafts

Motherhood Moments

Made using natural and food-grade ingredients, and recycled and compostable packaging, Sproutlingsā„¢ is on a mission to provide the most accessible, safe, and sustainably made arts and crafts products that encourage creative & learning development for kids. Thanks for reading! This material comes from Motherhood Moment.

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Green Living: There's Always Room for Improvement

Family Balance Sheet

We compost much of our food and garden scraps. But when I took our recycling bins out to the curb this week, I noticed that there is still room for improvement. Thanks for reading. We conserve water (and save money) during the summer. In the warmer months, I hang our laundry outside to dry. Let us know in the comments.

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How To Pack A Waste-Free Lunch

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, most leftover food scraps can even be composted ( other than meat, of course ) so they can be brought home if a school or workplace doesnā€™t do composting. The planet ( and your wallet ) will thank you! Multiply that by million of kids (and adults going to work) and you can see how much of a problem this is.

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Shellieā€™s Favorite 5 Deals

Saving With Shellie

The activities vary by location but youā€™ll find all kinds of great freebies like free compost, free electronic recycling, free coffee and free yoga. :: Origins: FREE Cleanser – Bring in your current skincare bottle (full or empty) and Origins will trade it in for a free full-size bottle of one of their gentle high-performance cleansers.

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10 Ways To Make Your Home A Zero-Waste Facility

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Glass or metal can last a lifetime should you wish to reuse either one and are better recycling material than plastic is. Cardboard boxes can be used over and over again before needing to be recycled. Shredded paper can be put in compost piles. Many ā€œ broken ā€ items can be recycled into craft projects to do with your children.

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