Oh and has anyone these days heard of a clothesline? For all of you young ones just starting out on a tight budget this is a great way to save on your energy bill. Hang those clothes out on a line, on a sunny day of course, or even inside on a not so sunny day, I find the bathroom is the best place for a clothes line if you must do it indoors. Don’t get me wrong, I still choose to use my every trusty energy-guzzling dryer for my “unmentionables”. Especially if it is summer time, get those clothes outside. Make it a family fun day; build a clothes line, or even easier, attach a sturdy string from one side of the house to the garage.
Recycle those cans! That’s money for you and great for the environment, why let the recycling companies cash in on your previous purchases? Store those bags of cans somewhere, and when you have accumulated a good amount, let your fingers to the walking–check the phonebook under "recycle" or "landfill" to find a local recycling center to take your aluminum cans to and earn some cash. Earth911.com is a website that strives to help people keep America beautiful. You can learn about the easiest ways to make a real difference and get involved in impacting your community and the world all at once.
I must conclude with one of everyone’s most troublesome household items: paper. Whether it be junk mail, an empty used envelope, yesterday’s newspaper, that recipe you printed out and don’t need any more (you bookmarked it anyway), the other half of your note pad (just turn it over and use the backs of the pages that you already used), it can all be used as scrap paper: fresh paper for a grocery list, messages off of voice mail, a website you heard about, a friend’s phone number whom you haven’t seen in ages. Anything you need to just temporarily jot down. If I have inspired even one person to change one thing they do to become green my job here is working.
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