Recycling Woes: When Being Green Makes You See Red
My town doesn’t pick up cardboard. Crazy, right? One of the easiest things to recycle. I figured there had to be a place around here that would take the three or four cardboard boxes we get each week....
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Sneaking Out: Getting Rid of Clutter
My $70 desk and chair garage sale find. Gotta love garage sales! Regular readers know I have recently implemented a new practice in my house: If something new (and inedible) comes in, something old has...
View ArticleHappy America Recycles Day!
November 15 is America Recycles Day, brought to you by the Keep America Beautiful folks. (Remember, the people who offered us up the Native American who cries commercials?) This holiday is basically a...
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No More Plastic Spoons!
Say no to plastic spoons! It is no secret that I LOVE Trader Joe’s. Love it. One of my favorite things about the store is tucked way in the back along the left wall: the sample counter. Yesterday, they...
View ArticleRecycle That Wrap!
I’m super-busy right now trying to finish a few large projects so I can actually take a week off from writing. (I will still be editing and reporting, but that’s nothing as compared to the stress of...
View ArticleGet It OUT of My House!
This past week has been one of the most productive that the Big Girl/Little Girl household has ever seen. My husband and I have cleaned house — literally. We got rid of the equivalent of two carloads...
View ArticleHoliday Cleaning All Year Long
Recently, a few of my friends have mentioned the need for a “holiday clear out.” You know, going through toys, games, and clothing and getting rid of stuff to make room for all the new stuff the family...
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Recycling Cords, Cards, and Consumer Electronics at Best Buy
I finally found a place for all the clutter -- at Best Buy! We are big tech people. I can’t count how many servers, workstations, gaming consoles, and pieces of consumer electronics that we’ve...
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Dry Cleaning’s Plastic Problem
The wrapping from just one trip to the dry cleaner. Although I’ve been sort of quiet about it, I am still doing my part to recycle, reuse and reduce. One of the easiest things I do is recycle dry...
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Recycling School Supplies: Crayola’s Helping Hand
Our used up markers. I cannot believe school starts in four weeks and six days. How is that possible? The summer is flying by. Last week we even pulled out our school supply lists and started...
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Contacts and Guilt
No AoSept means I am wasting more plastic every day. I have worn contacts since I was 12. Each new pair would come in a little glass vial. I wore them daily and would disinfect them in a heating unit...
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Cardboard Craziness — It’s Almost Over!
My paperboard hoard that will soon be going to my town’s official recycling location. My town has a decent recycling program. We put glass, paper, aluminum and plastic into our bins. There’s one thing...
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