Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 9, 2011

Thankfully, there are easy ways for us consumers to change this number and make a difference. Today, I am going to share with you 8 ways you can recycle, reduce, and reuse. Concentrated products often require less packaging, resulting in less energy to transport it to the store and less plastic to recycle. Reuse what you can.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 9, 2019

They’ll make sure that every bit of trash is disposed of properly and sent to proper recycling facilities. Dial Down on the Paper Towels. It feels impossible to completely eliminate the use of paper towels, especially if you love to cook. Instead, simply cut back on your paper towel usage.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2013

Our consumer-driven society is one that results in a great deal of waste. Turn old towels into bags that can be taken to the grocery store. Plus, re-usable cleaning items like sponges and rags reduce your need for paper towels. This consumption of resources — and the waste it produces — is not sustainable.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 16, 2013

But what about the green credentials of both types of magazines – the printed versions require a huge input of time, resources and energy to produce, print and deliver the magazines to newsstands and consumers. This means that magazines create a problem in landfill when they have been discarded. What do you think? Will the coexist?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Dryers are huge energy consumers. Use recycled toilet pape r. By switching to recycled toilet paper you can help save 1 million trees a year and 1.35 And don’t worry, the paper is just as soft as the commercial stuff so your ‘bottom’ won’t mind. Recycle and reuse.

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Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 22, 2011

Recycle – Of course you probably already know about this tip, and may have a recycling bin in your home. But there are other ways to recycle products, too. Tip: Try using newspaper instead of paper towels the next time you wash your windows. This is a biggie- because it takes recycling to the next step.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 4, 2013

Everywhere you look, television, billboards, the Internet, magazines, newspapers and radios try to tell us what we need to buy and consume in order to be happy. The gross over-consumption around the world is filling our landfills and recycling bins with unnecessary waste, both toxic and benign alike. Happiness sell! Start Sharing.

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