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My Cat Reviews My New Reusable Bag

Sheryl — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:22:36 +0000

I love my new reusable bag by Flip & Tumble. It’s attractive, roomy, has a shoulder pad on the strap and rolls up into a small, lightweight ball that fits easily in my purse. I showed it to my cat Boo. He didn’t think much of it as a ball. I shook it open. That [...]

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Holiday Guide to Reuse & Recycling

Sheryl — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:00:08 +0000

After the holidays, we’re often left with the problem of what to do with all the waste — from the platters of uneaten food to the Christmas tree to the old things that the shiny new gifts replaced. The answer: reuse or recycle them. See my new “Holiday Guide to Reuse & Recycling” for practical, [...]

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Keep Drugs out of Drinking Water

Sheryl — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:00:04 +0000

Disposing of old, expired and/or unneeded medications is tricky. You don’t want kids, teens or pets to get a hold of them (or drug abusers for that matter), so you might think the old recommendation to flush them down the toilet is good advice. But this practice solves one problem only to create another. With [...]

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Why Compost

Sheryl — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:00:09 +0000

The virtues are obvious if you’re a gardener. What if you’re a person eager to live more sustainably with only so much time to give to the cause? You can’t do better. Composting not only reduces the waste you send to the landfill, but converts it into a useful product without requiring additional resources. Meanwhile, [...]

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Composting: Good for Garden & Climate

Sheryl — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:42:34 +0000

Composting your lawn and food waste yields triple benefits. (1)It provides fertilizer to help your garden grow. (2)It reduces the waste you send to the landfill. (3)And it sends carbon present in the waste back to the soil where it belongs, rather than allowing it to go up into the atmosphere where it would contribute [...]

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Green Restaurants

Sheryl — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:16:47 +0000

If you’re interested in maintaining a low-impact lifestyle, watch where you eat. The restaurant business is extraordinarily wasteful — of food, water, packaging and most particularly energy. In fact, among commercial businesses, restaurants squander more energy per square foot than any other. Restaurants that have been certified green by the Green Restaurant Association are a [...]

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Donating a Mattress

Sheryl — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:46:31 +0000

With bedbugs on the rise, it’s harder than ever to donate a mattress. But it can often be done if the mattress is clean and bug-free. If not, you may be able to recycle it. A mattress in great condition — with neither sags, stains nor pests — may find a home in your own [...]

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Daily Trash: How to Reduce It

Sheryl — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:15:00 +0000

One day this month when I was on my own (sans family), I weighed all my trash — both garbage and recycling. It amounted to 2.48 pounds and consisted in the main of packaging. At that rate, I’d waste a staggering 10 tons in 25 years. In Trashy Habits, my November issue of This Green [...]

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