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7 Simple Ways to Go Green in 2013

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Bring Your Own Grocery Bags. Many stores are perfectly willing to let you bring in your own reusable grocery bags. When you bring in your own grocery bags, you use fewer resources. If you aren’t sure about buying reusable bags , at the very least, you can save the bags from your last shopping trip and bring them in.

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8 Easy Ways to Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Did you know that Americans dispose more than 700 billion pounds of paper, plastic, glass, wood, food, metal, clothing, electronics, etc. When you are shopping for groceries, get as much as you can out of the bulk bins so that you do’t have to bring home loads of packaging containers. Bring your own bags when shopping.

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