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29 Ways to Reduce Waste in Your Home (and Save Money While You’re At It)

March 26, 2010
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1. Cloth diaper your baby.
2. Buy in bulk whenever possible.
3. Shop with an eye for packaging, and try to buy only products with minimal or recyclable packaging.
4. Compost your kitchen scraps. (Or try worm composting for those in small abodes)
5. Switch to mama cloth (or reusable feminine products).
6. Go paperless in your kitchen.

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Reducing Waste with Earth-Friendly Disposables

March 22, 2010
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Does it seem just a little bit contradictory to suggest that you can reduce waste by choosing to use disposables?
Most of the conversation so far this month on the topic of reducing waste has centered around choosing products that can be used over and over (Cutting Down on Waste in the Kitchen, Homemade Cloth Diaper [...]

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