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  • … geniuses.) And don’t forget that recycling is also subject to the rules of capitalism: pricing and supply/demand. For instance, the price of scrap aluminum went down about 75% in the last two months here in Amarillo. Recently, our supermarkets have been pushing reusable bags (which we’d have …

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  • … took up the giant box of paper to recycling, as well as all the cans and bottles and spent cardboard. Despite taking a carload worth, it doesn’t seem like I got much out. Nothing seems to have changed. But it never does, and I expect that. Note to self: While using a really big box for collecting …

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  • … name, His Holiness said. The fact that the teacher may have done many other good things should not keep us silent. If these is no chance for change, perhaps we must choose to pack our bags and leave the teacher, though we still may feel inwardly grateful for the helpt we received from him or her …

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  • … scout chapter to see if they would want them. 4. Gift Bags for next year. Cut off the front part and paste them on regular brown shopping bags (the ones with the handles) to use as gift bags for the following Christmas. I thought it was a great idea, if you have the time. This is earth friendly …

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  • … production in the U.S. just keeps growing. There are hundreds of opportunities each day to nurture a Zero Waste culture in your home, school, workplace, church, community. This takes developing new habits which soon become second nature. Use both sides of the paper, carry your own mugs and shopping bags …

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  • … wrapping paper can’t be put in the recycling blue bags. 3. Christmas music. I don’t like all Christmas music but I have a few cds that I listen to every year, like the Trans Siberian Orchestra collection of cds. Hauntingly heavy guitar and drums mixed in with traditional carols - what could be better? 4 …

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  • … cancer patients, I’m a germ-freak, and I wash a lot of towels. But even given that, I think this is an achievable goal. Carry my own cloth shopping bags. This saves lots of plastic and paper bags from the recycling bin. Buy fewer products new. I’ll look for ways to borrow or rent things I need, or buy …

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  • … of waste that we generate at the holidays by opting for reusable gift bags over traditional wrapping paper, opting for gifts with little or no packaging, and making holiday meals mostly from scratch thus keeping can, box and bag waste to a minimum. But what to do with that old Christmas tree …

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  • … you save your spot with? The answer varies: It could be a recycling bin, a trash can, a milk crate, a kid’s slide fit for a 2-4 year old, a chair, a stool, bags of trash, or even… I didn’t take this picture, but I very well could have. I’ve even read somewhere on the internet that someone saw …

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  • … of the 85 million tons of paper products Americans consume every year goes toward packaging, wrapping and decorating goods. Also, wrapping paper and shopping bags alone account for about four million tons of trash annually in the U.S.”. Thats a lot of trash in my book. So what to do about going green …