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World Wisdom: Clear Drop Recycling Innovations

Motherhood Moments

Clear Drop ’s growing product line is designed to clean - up the environment, processing 100% of home refuse without leaving anything for the landfill. The patent-pending automatic process compacts and seals organics without releasing harmful substances. The OC takes any organic refuse for no more under-sink garbage disposal problems.

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Learning How to Eat Sustainably

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the UK, it has been calculated that 330 kg of food is thrown out by every household each year. This rotting food accounts for 20 million tones of carbon dioxide gas each year. To reduce food waste, there are several simple strategies that you can employ: Learn creative ways to use left-overs to make delicious and nutritious meals.

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Composting for Beginners

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Growing up, I remember my mom always sending me out to the composting bin with a bucket full of (what I thought was) gross bits and pieces of food waste. I love dumping buckets full of organic waste into our homemade bin. Composting is a great way to help your plants grow. Why Compost? Do you compost? .

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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However, it can be an easy budget category to manage, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

However, groceries is also an easy budget category to control, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it.

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How to Save Money When Traveling

Saving Everyday

Growing up, we didn’t have much. I’m passionate about food waste, and dinner portions are too much, bringing me to my next point. We are big fans of sharing food, especially if we’re going somewhere that has free chips or bread too much before the meal arrives. Avoid organized tours (most of the time!)

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7 Clever Ways Moms Used to Save Money

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Organize “Swap Days” In the time of our great-grandmas, there was something known as the barter trade. I’m not trying to be a crusader or anything, but I do my best to avoid wasting food, especially in light of how lucky my family and I are to have as much as we need to eat. Do you get what I mean?