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Green Tips You Can Practice Every Day by Greenpeace

Water

Fix any leaky faucets, toilets, or water pipes. Even a small drip can add up to a lot of water over time.
Wash your car the natural way—wait until it rains.
Install water saving faucets.

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Basic Ingredients for Green Cleaning

Industry is by far the largest source of hazardous and toxic chemical pollution. But many of us also contribute to pollution through the cleaning products we choose, the gardening chemicals we use, and the energy we consume.

Protecting and preserving the environment starts right in your own home. Here are some recipes that will not only save you money, but they are also safer for you, those you care about, and for the environment. Read More . . .

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Really, the best thing that we can do for the planet is to use less of it. At the heart of the environmental crisis is our consumer society. Here are a few questions you can ask before you buy: Do I, or the other person I am buying this for, really need this? Is there another product which would do the same thing but more sustainably? Will this last a long time? Do I know how this item was made, how it will be used and how it will be disposed of? Read More . . .

Plastic Recycling Confusion

The Happy Guy wonders why recycling plastic products have to be so confusing.

CONSUMER ALERT: do not mix your food container lids. A yogurt container lid is NOT the same as a margarine container lid, even if they look the same. How do I know this? Well, here is my story.

We live in a very hoity-toity county. Sure, it might look like just farm country. A lot of the houses might seem a little worse for wear. But we are very picky about what plastic we recycle. We recycle only those numbered 1 and 2. Read More . . .

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