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Six Ways to Reuse Your Plastic Grocery Bags

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You can even save a few plastic grocery bags and reuse them at your local farmer’s market or grocery store. Many times, people use trash bags to transport used clothing, but grocery bags will work as well. Call to Action Do you reuse your grocery bags? They are useful carry bags in general.

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8 Easy Ways to Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. We also save containers from items and reuse them for storage at a later time.

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Fun Freetime: TurfMutt Foundation Predicts “Backyarding” Advances to a Master Level

Motherhood Moments

Whether it’s adding Greek-themed elements and plantings to the backyard because a homeowner adores Mediterranean vacations, or adding quality furniture, a deluxe fire pit, a covered outdoor kitchen, or luxury seating with heating – more backyards will transport people to lush experiences that feel a world away.

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Packing Light: Tips for Your Toiletry Bag

Shereen Travels Cheap

I've tried multiple brands, but I really like Bite , because they work much better than others, taste better, and come in glass bottles that can be recycled or reused. I don't want to find that all my makeup melted off halfway through a 12-hour bout of sightseeing where I'm taking public transport.

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How to Go Green Witout Going Broke

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The old phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” is crucial when it comes to small, and inexpensive, ways of going green. For example, rather than purchase water in plastic bottles, invest in a faucet-mount water filter that retails for less than $40 and reuse glass juice and milk bottles. Start Small.

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Cut Back on Waste & Help the Environment

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The family in the documentary was what many Americans might consider “extreme”, as they only shopped at a farmers market which sold locally sourced food (cutting back on the emissions from transportation of food as well as the chemicals required to preserve the food in transport). Go Green'

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15 Ways to Make a Positive Environmental Impact

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They can be thrown in the wash and reused again for next time. If that doesn’t work, use public transportation. Recycle and reuse. If you can’t reuse something, recycle it using your local program. Instead of paper towels, use clothes and rags for cleaning and spills. They even dust well. Use your dishwasher.

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