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Good news
My letter to the editor (see Sept 17 post) was published. They edited out my second suggestion about how the city should accept plastics higher than numbers 1 and 2. I guess that was too hard core. Or they needed the space. Either way, it will get some people (and hopefully the city) thinking about…
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When you have plastic bags . . .
Nita from Nita’s Notes shared with me that she recently talked with a business owner who uses all donated bags (reused from Target or Wal-Mart, etc.). These businesses are out there, but it may take a little looking and asking to find them. I have to admit something. I sometimes get in a hurry and…
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If you really want paper
So, maybe the idea of a cloth gift bag bugs you. If you plan ahead, you can have some environmentally friendly wrapping paper on hand. The print above is from paporganics.com. I love cute prints like this. And it’s made of 10 percent hemp/flax blend and 90 percent recycled post-consumer fiber. It’s also processed without…
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Do you hate to wrap gifts?
I am really bad at wrapping gifts. And it seems a little silly to me to throw away (or hopefully recycle!) all that wrapping paper. Sometimes you can reuse paper gift bags, but not always. They start to look a little, uh, used. It makes perfect sense to have reusable cloth gift bags. I found…
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