Do find yourself buying bottled water from the store? Have you noticed the amount of plastic that goes to recycling from them? Have you wondered how to reduce that amount while still drinking better, safer water? I have and found a way to greatly reduce it.
As well as all the added plastic buying bottled water adds, it also cost alot. There is also alot of valid information on the effects of plastic bottles to the water. So if you must buy water and can't put a filter in your house, try buying a pitcher filter! Here is the one we use, we got it on sale for half price, the refill filter cartrige cost me less than $8 and last 2 months.
http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=302577&navAction=jump&navCount=0&nug=VPD&skuid=sku2460142&id=prod2460705
If you need to have water to travel, buy a stainless steel travel mug. If your looking for more info on the downside of plastic bottles, you can find more info in this very interesting article:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/consumers/bottled-water.html
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
So my once a week is a little behind. We went "very green" and went camping for a few weeks. No Internet so we weren't able to post. So I'll rephrase it to as often as I can, our goal is once a week.
So here's our next tip. I get this awesome newsletter in my inbox every week. Some of the tips are odd, but some like this one is quite useful.
"Here, for your recycling pleasure, are just a few tips that have washed up on my desk recently:
STORING SCARVES. Use the plastic rings that are attached to a six-pack of soda to organize your scarves. Hang the entire plastic ring intact, over a hook on a clothes hanger. Pull your scarves through the rings so they hang loosely, wrinkle-free. Sue, Massachusetts
CARPET THE GARDEN. We have a mole problem in our neighborhood and the critters get into everything, leaving lovely mole-hills all over our lawn! My neighbor placed old pieces of carpet, fuzzy side down, on the bottom of his garden boxes with the dirt on top. It works great because moles dig but they don’t chew. In 15 years, he has never had moles munching on his veggies. We are planning to replace the carpet in our sons’ room with laminate and now we have a use for the old carpet. Katrina, British Columbia, Canada
Got a unique way that you use “this” for “that?” Send your ideas to me, mary@everydaycheapskate.com. "
If your interested, you can go to http://www.cheapskatemonthly.com/ed_cheapskate.asp
and sign up for the newsletter to get tons more ideas.
So here's our next tip. I get this awesome newsletter in my inbox every week. Some of the tips are odd, but some like this one is quite useful.
"Here, for your recycling pleasure, are just a few tips that have washed up on my desk recently:
STORING SCARVES. Use the plastic rings that are attached to a six-pack of soda to organize your scarves. Hang the entire plastic ring intact, over a hook on a clothes hanger. Pull your scarves through the rings so they hang loosely, wrinkle-free. Sue, Massachusetts
CARPET THE GARDEN. We have a mole problem in our neighborhood and the critters get into everything, leaving lovely mole-hills all over our lawn! My neighbor placed old pieces of carpet, fuzzy side down, on the bottom of his garden boxes with the dirt on top. It works great because moles dig but they don’t chew. In 15 years, he has never had moles munching on his veggies. We are planning to replace the carpet in our sons’ room with laminate and now we have a use for the old carpet. Katrina, British Columbia, Canada
Got a unique way that you use “this” for “that?” Send your ideas to me, mary@everydaycheapskate.com. "
If your interested, you can go to http://www.cheapskatemonthly.com/ed_cheapskate.asp
and sign up for the newsletter to get tons more ideas.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Recycling??
When someone says "living green" the first thing that usually pops into mind is recycling, right? So what exactly does that mean to you? Save plastic and cans and take to a recycle center? Reuse plastic bags as trash bags. The great thing is, every little thing helps. Here are a few ideas of how you can start small and help even if just a little.
Reuse plastic grocery bags and trash bags, or better yet, buy some cloth ones they sell. They are only $1 and they hold 2-3 plastic bags. I only have 5 and rarely run out, even when i have a cart full. They won't rip, and they save the earth.
If you want to help even more, start collecting your plastic bottles, cans and boxes. Find a recycling center close to home, or close to where you will be. For us, that's 45 miles away from home. Our here in our "glorified campground" (hehe), we don't have a center, so we take it into town on Sundays with us to drop off.
Here's another idea, have stuff you know someone might be able to use, but you don't need anymore??? Well I have the perfect solution, find your local freecycle group online. Yup it's a online website, find your local areas and you can post what you don't want anymore. From empty jugs, to clothes, someone will probably need it. Great thing is, they come get it, or you set up to meet them. Here is a link to the world wide site
http://www.freecycle.org/
It's a great way to FIND something you need as well. It's all free and the idea is to save un-needed and un-used items from the landfills.
So there you have it tip #1. We'll post a new one each week, some simple, some will take some work. Bottom line, it all helps our environment and ensure our future here!
Reuse plastic grocery bags and trash bags, or better yet, buy some cloth ones they sell. They are only $1 and they hold 2-3 plastic bags. I only have 5 and rarely run out, even when i have a cart full. They won't rip, and they save the earth.
If you want to help even more, start collecting your plastic bottles, cans and boxes. Find a recycling center close to home, or close to where you will be. For us, that's 45 miles away from home. Our here in our "glorified campground" (hehe), we don't have a center, so we take it into town on Sundays with us to drop off.
Here's another idea, have stuff you know someone might be able to use, but you don't need anymore??? Well I have the perfect solution, find your local freecycle group online. Yup it's a online website, find your local areas and you can post what you don't want anymore. From empty jugs, to clothes, someone will probably need it. Great thing is, they come get it, or you set up to meet them. Here is a link to the world wide site
http://www.freecycle.org/
It's a great way to FIND something you need as well. It's all free and the idea is to save un-needed and un-used items from the landfills.
So there you have it tip #1. We'll post a new one each week, some simple, some will take some work. Bottom line, it all helps our environment and ensure our future here!
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