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Issue #4: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Blog Carnival
November 16, 2007

Once again it is time for us to present to you some fantastic Reduce Reuse Recycle ideas from other green bloggers. Thanks everyone for contributing to this community-based conversation and sharing great personal experience and tips.

How often does a family use their power drill in its lifetime, 20 minutes? An hour tops? How often do you re-read a book? In my case, it averages to never. Our friend Beth from Fake Plastic Fish suggests a common sense approach – borrow, from neighbors, from friends, from library and from tool libraries.

We have also learned from Beth that shredded paper is not good for recycling. So what do you do with shredded financial or personal documents? Stephanie from Stop the Ride puts it to good use in her compost. Come to think of it, where else can your bank statement be safer than decomposing in your compost bin?

If you are a handy person and want to find out what household material to use as insulation – for a glass of ice water, for a cool beer, for keeping things warm, Franco from Assorted Tips experimented with sawdust and leaves. His conclusion is pretty interesting: Leaf insulation is awesome. Luckily ‘tis the season for a whole lot of them.

Believe it or not, next Thursday is Thanksgiving. Whew! Tiffany at Naturemoms reminds us not to forget the 3Rs at your family and friends gathering. Ask your guests to carpool, use real dinnerware and cloth napkins, make sure that food scrap (there will be plenty) goes to compost, and more.

So at your Thanksgiving dinner or any dinner for that matter, your realize that you don’t own any sippy cups but your friends are bringing their toddlers. Instead of dashing out to buy a few, Michaela from Mindful Momma says: how about reusing yogurt cups?

Holiday season is coming. Kevin from More4kids suggests this is a great time to teach your kids that the holiday season is not about buying more stuff. Visit your local library instead buying new books. Drop off kids’ old clothes at your local used clothing store and pick up new used ones to help them create unique wardrobe.

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Issue #3: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Blog Carnival
Issue #2: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Blog Carnival
Issue #1: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Blog Carnival

CindyW at Organicpicks

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