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Used Furniture – Re-purpose, Recycle, Re-use.

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My daybed mattresses were previously used by a young girl, in her growing up bedroom, then stored by the parents for years. So, if you have the time and the patience, you can safely and economically reuse furniture of almost any type. photo by: The post Used Furniture – Re-purpose, Recycle, Re-use. The sun bakes out.

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Sustainable Living Traits To Pass On To Your Children

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We as parents are usually the first and primary source of their learned behavior, even as they grow into their teenage years. With so much turmoil and unease in the world today – political, social/economical, technological, environmental, etc. Recycling is a simple and obvious practice that children can easily understand.

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Reviewing The World’s Landfills – A Future Fictional Business Plan Excerpt

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none of them were working to contain the growing mountains of waste. Although attempts at regulation and re-use abounded, most met with societal, economic and/or political failure. “moved from simple dumping on land or sea, to burial, sanitary landfill, feeding to swine, reduction, incineration, and various forms of composting”.