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Reuse egg cartons by selling my chickens' eggs :) Reduce waste by being conscious of what can be recycled. Recycle kitchen scraps into the chickens' feed bowl.

We teach the kids to recycle by having them help sort and take out the recycling. We reuse containers. We use containers instead of plastic bags for school lunches.

We recycle everything we can. We have taught out 3 year old and 4 year old the importance of recycling, whether it be putting plastic, paper and glass put for the city to pick up or passing on toys and clothing they have outgrown to other children. For the last 2 years we have used a cheap compost bin my husband made to make homemade compost for our garden. Less trash and we saved money on gardening! With so much plastic you accumulate with small children I have started reusing food containers to hold my children's art supplies like paints and crayons and small toys. (For example, I use an old washed out plastic french fried onion container to hold crayons and a small pad of paper in my diaper bag.)

I carry totes to the market. When they are dirty I just wash them. Reducedplastic. Sometimes when a plastic bag is necessary, I try to reuse it by making it a trash bag. The take-away containers from restaurants are reused to plant some kitchen herbs etc.

I carry totes to the market. When they are dirty I just wash them. Reducedplastic. Sometimes when a plastic bag is necessary, I try to reuse it by making it a trash bag. The take-away containers from restaurants are reused to plant some kitchen herbs etc.

We already recycle what we can and definitely reuse just about everything. Sometimes I wonder why do I even have trash pick up service because we barely have one trash bag a week out of a family of five. Turn off lights when leaving a room, wash clothes in cold water, turn off water while brushing teeth, use old clothes as cleaning cloths, carpool when we can, are some of our examples

Instead of tossing old t-shirts/linens away we cut them up into pieces and use them as rags to wipe around the house.

We recycle, I repurpose wastebaskets for garden containers. A wrought iron daybed frame is in my garden, the morning glory's love it. An old bowling bowl takes the place of the glass gazing ball that broke one windy day. I also have an old woodstove that makes a beautiful planter.

we recycle, shop thrift stores, donate regularly and use cloth diapers :)

Use paper on both sides, reusable shopping bags, and carry a reusable bottle for your waters or tea rather than buying water bottles every time you go out.

After I open the mail, I take all the envelopes and cut them into note sized scrap paper. Then, after they are used for scrap paper, I then recycle them. This saves us money, since I don't have to buy note pads, and helps the environment too.

Living in an row home in the city makes it more challenging but I have found that using the recyclebank program is a great incentive. Not only are you helping to reduce/reuse/recycle, you get great bonuses and prizes as well. Additionally I use reusable shopping bags whenever possible. I also have been going though my stash of grocery store bags and using them for cleaning the cat's litter box.

My family takes quicker showers. We all pitch in to save on water around the house.

Some of the things I do : Wash clothes in cold water, recycle as much as possible, and donate household goods and old clothing instead of throwing them away.

We're taking shorter showers, recycling everything, and we have a small garden.