don’t know where I saw it or read it, but I remember seeing that there are now a lot more companies that use or recycle their “trash” into something useful, and I think that is awesome and they should get some recognition. Anyways, I wanted to share with you some tips that I saw/read somewhere about something new you can do this year!

1. Cleaning with Baking Soda… pots, pans, shoes, cabinets and MORE!
2. Add LEMON to sterilize.
3. Save all the wrapping paper to use as packing paper!
4. Donate some of your holiday decorations - lots of Green used throughout the year.
5. If you aren’t going to finish the LEFTOVERS, donate those too!
6. Have too much candy? Make a candy pie!
7. Clean your broom & steam clean your floors too, helps you breathe easier.
8. Use a Cloth Diaper (or gift) twice a day.
9. Ask your local store to carry Cloth Diapers (gDiapers).
10. Make birthday gifts this year, instead of buying gifts!

Change The World Wednesday is hosted by Reduce Footprints, an awesome blog that I came across through the Green Blog Hop and jumped right into the challenge. I plan to participate every week and hope to inspire and spread the word so that others can participate as well. If you participate, just leave a comment on the current challenge and you will get featured on the following weeks challenge. You can learn all about it HERE!

Let’s jump right into this week’s challenge:

Refrigerators use a lot of energy. We can minimize their impact by making sure they operate efficiently. So this week let’s do a little refrigerator maintenance. Here you go:

Until next time…

WE’RE CHANGING THE WORLD … ONE CHALLENGE AT A TIME!

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The couponing world has taken flight, and everyone now knows how much you can save by using coupons. But how many actually read the paper?? I DO! But what do you do with all the leftover paper, ads, and coupon trash??

My grandpa recycles them about twice a month. He’s an avid newspaper reader. What most people don’t know is that most recycle banks can’t or won’t recycle the “shiny” coupon paper, so I help out and take out the coupons & ads for him!

Coupon paper is great for mail packages! I keep a bin full of the extra clippings from my coupon inserts and store ads, and right before the holidays I go and make “silly string” out of them. I just roll them or fold them up and cut them in slices, or sometimes use a hole punch. It’s not just great for the holidays… In all most all my packages, I use them as fillers and for extra protection as well.

So think about this next time you read your paper, and call to ask if you can recycle the coupon inserts and ads.

Happy Tuesday!