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Six Ways to Reuse Your Plastic Grocery Bags

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Plastic grocery bags can be irritating and useful all at the same time. These days most grocery stores no longer offer paper sacks, and if you have forgotten your reusable bags, you are probably going to go home with anywhere from one to two dozen little plastic sacks. Call to Action Do you reuse your grocery bags?

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How To Re-use Common Items

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We also used the 40 year old burnt orange coffee pot to make coffee that day as well as the 20 year old ice chest and 25 year old rain ponchos from the local amusement park, old plastic forks and spoons, unused condiment packages from fast food restaurant stops and plastic tablecloths used at last years wedding shower.

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From Trash To Teasure

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The points can then be converted to grocery or pharmacy coupons. 5 Products That You Should Avoid Using If you would like to help conserve energy and protect the environment then you have to be sure to avoid. These bins have a computer chip in them that monitors the weight of the items you place inside the bin.

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