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we recycle a lot!

I always try to reduce-reuse-and-recycle by saving all kinds of small plastic bottles and jars to use for other things throughout the house and shop. Clear squeeze bottles help out by buying very large products and putting it into smaller plastic bottles where it is needed. Example: Liquid Hand Soap. I also like to save plastic bottles for nuts, screws, etc. and even the smaller ones for my sewing and craft supplies. These things help in storage along with reusing and recycling.

Washing clothes in cold water definitely makes a difference in my energy bill. But I also recycle everything in my home (if possible). Now when the trash collector's come I only have small grocery bags, even not enough to put on the curbside. I do plan to try planting an vegetable garden. I always feel great when i know I am doing right by with environmental problems.

We recycle all our cans, plastic and paper. We use cloth napkins instead of paper. Any old cotton shirts that have holes in them are used as rags. Any clothes that no longer fit, we donate. Also, use both sides of paper - if we bring any paper into the house that is not used on the back - we reuse it. When we shop at thrift stores for gifts. We usually use cold water for wash and hang all clothes except for towels. Also, we do have a garden.

I recycle all the aluminum cans to one church charity and all the alluminum can TOPS to another. I re use, by using the same three thick paper bags to go shopping with only until they get a hole, do i change them. Last but not least we reduce by using cloth diapers for the children instead of the disposable diapers.

I print on both sides of copy paper, saving trees.

I reuse glass jars, like spaghetti sauce jars to store summer vegetables. I also recycle and paper, plastic and other items that can be recycled

In addition to recycling everything we can, we also compost. It reduces our household waste, and the need to purchase so many garden additives.

We do all sorts of things. We recycle, we use reusable bags. We only use paper towels for really gross messes (go through about one roll per year) and use microfiber cloths for almost everything else (using them means we don't use stuff like window cleaner just a wet then a dry cloth). We use cloth napkins instead of paper ones. We don't use fabric softener or dryer sheets. We wash clothes on cold, turn off lights when not using them, unplug appliances when we leave. We leave our house colder in the winter and warmer in the summer than most people and just try to acclimate ourselves. We use CFLs instead of fluorescent and our next step is to switch to LED lightbulbs which are even better. etc, etc I try to be as green as possible.

We recycle as much as we can. We also reuse old laundry detergent bottles & make our own detergent. We reuse old containers for leftovers or as storage containers. Instead of buying bottled water, we use filtered water in reusable bottles.

We use a Soda Stream to cute the waste on plastic bottles and cans. I don't buy any canned foods. We put all our tea bags, coffee grinds, and such in a compost pile.

I try to reuse many plastic and paper contaners for the craft projects

We look for ways to reuse most anything. Lids for detergent bottles are used in our shop for mixing epoxy, pill bottles hold nails and screws, toilet paper tubes are used to organize string, rope and cords, and old sheets are used as drop cloths. We also recycle aluminum and use the proceeds as donations to our favorite charities.

We use packing materials as art supplies, and empty peanut butter jars as shakers for fertilizer and ice melt.

Every container and bag that comes into my house, I ALWAYS find uses for them. Even if it is just to put trash in (instead of using a trash bag), I try to reuse everything at least once. Also, I have been buying reusable bags for snacks and sandwiches; this has eliminated my plastic baggie usage by almost 100%!