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Doreen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:36:16 -0000

I dugg ya! ;)

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Doreen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:34:35 -0000

Store spices in baby food jars!

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Molly Palmer — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:51:44 -0000

You know those trays meat comes on well don't throw them away save them. I use them to make cards simple and easy. take the tray and lightly draw ( so you dont poke threw the tray) with a pen or pencil what you want the card to look like. remember the image will be fliped when you punt it on the paper so, letters and such should be drawn backwards so that you can read them when you are done. after you draw your image grab some markers (not sharpies) and color in your image. set aside. pick out the paper you want to use and fold it how you wish. grab a sponge or spray bottle and lightly moisten your paper. then turn the tray over colored side down on the paper. For little kids it's easier to put the paper on top of the colored image than the other way around. press down and be care full not to move the paper or tray. then pull back evenly and you will have a quick and easy card. You can use this to make pictures and posters and other things as well. try useing a paper bag as your paper and recycle even more!!!!!!!!

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Lily Kwan — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:01:11 -0000

I emailed some friends about this cool contest!

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Lily Kwan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:59:44 -0000

I put eggshells in my plants' potting soil for additional calcium.

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Joy Venters — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:55:02 -0000

trimming all the beautiful cards I recieve to a postcard size allows me to re-send the greetings - also, the plastic baby food tubs make an excellant "freeze the dab of leftovers" so they can be used later - e.g.dabs of vege's can be turned into veg. soup

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Cat Hare — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:02:05 -0000

I use a lot of postcards to enter sweepstakes. I started taking cardboard food boxes like cereal boxes, etc. and making postcards from them. I open up the box so it is flat and then run it through my paper cutter. I end up with free, colorful postcards and the boxes are recycled.

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tangie c — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:43:41 -0000

Since I'm a junior high school teacher, I came up with a way to get all of the students (almost 1,000) at my school to start recycling ALL of their plastic drink bottles from lunch and PE. Most of the time, they would toss them into the trash or scatter them around the campus. What I did, is I ask that they bring all plastics to me to recycle, I have a large tub to collect them. At the end of the semester, we use the money from the recycling to have a pizza party!! This way, the kids are excited to see the bottels multiply, and they even pick up bottles other kids have thrown on the floor!! Many pick up recycleables on their way to school!!

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Diana Lindeman — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:59:24 -0000

Do recycle or am I just cheap? Probably a little bite of both. I really like to shop at Aldi's because you bring your own bags or use their boxes. I still feel funny dragging around cloth bags.

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A Casson — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:38:09 -0000

I take and use the plastic lids from my nut and margarine container for mini disposable cutting boards. Seems to do the job with less cleanup and the disposable part is the best

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Gary Emes — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:25:50 -0000

I recycle my yogurt cups I use them as little planters.

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PhyllisG — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:58:04 -0000

Bath water waters my lawn.

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Renee — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:56:51 -0000

I am rinsing my dishes outside to also water my lawn and plants.

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Joan Koczon — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:13:41 -0000

I saw a belt made with the tabs from soda cans and have been saving them to crochet together for a belt for myself.. I did start taking the tabs from cat food cans (a little bigger then the soda cans) and have been 'trying to' tie them together to make little things to put plants on so they won't mess up the furniture.

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Annie W. — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:32:06 -0000

My cat loves old (clean) pizza boxes--he thinks they are to be used as cat beds. I'm going to start covering the boring white with pretty wrapping paper.

Newspaper "protectors"--those plastics sleeves-- have numerous uses. A pal microwaves baked and sweet potatoes in them. I use them as "armour" when I need to attack poison ivy--I slip a couple over my hand and forearm and I haven't had a rash using them.

Old jeans and pantyhose have been used for decades in my family as ties for tomato plants.

Plastic fast-food drink cups can be used as scoops, to start plants. I drink out of them at home until they break. Mom stacks them in narrow spots as a kitten barrier.

Chipped dishes can be used as ring bowls by the sink or broken up for mosaic projects.

I save old jars to start plants (especially avocadoes for friends even though I end up with all of them).

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Suanne Giddings — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:32:38 -0000

I was overrun with plastic grocery bags before I started using reusable bags. I could never remember to take them to the collection bins for recycling, so I just got more and more. One day I sat down and made "yarn" out of the bags cut into strips and crocheted them with a BIG hook into a rag rug. It was mostly white, but the colored bags I used in the mix added a nice slpash of color here and there. It came out pretty fantastic even if I do say so myself! LOL Thanks for the chance to win!

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cat — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:01:31 -0000

we recycle any plastic bags we have. I also flip copier paper over and resue it whenever possible. I have a compost in the yard and return "food scraps" back to the earth

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dani — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:55:47 -0000

As a teacher almosts all our crafts and presents are made out of what others may consider trash. Winter Gifts. used pantyhose and wire hanger. Reshape hanger tie the leg without holes over. Then make riendeer face and antlers and you have a cute doorknob hanger. I have also used baby jars and packing matierial to make snowglobes. Arizona Tea glass bottles are great to decropage with colored tissue paper. We also wrap all our gifts in newspaper.

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Heather C — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:17:01 -0000

Compost food waste, use canvas bags while shopping, recycle just about everything (cans, glass, paper, plastic bags, plastic bottles), donate clothes and shoes to causes, donate packing material to shipping stores - those are the normal things.
Interesting things? We'll see: use old socks to clean around the house, place any and all nut shells cracked around the garden to keep cats away, toilet paper rolls saved until Christmas time to make poppers, paste candy wrappers of the same kind around a mat frame for a fun border to a silly picture, etc. Recycling food. :-)

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kathy pease — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:49:27 -0000

i use coffee grounds in my garden :)

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Denise — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:56:55 -0000

I recycle clothing by donating items my family has grown out of to MS for others to wear.

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reeva — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:47:45 -0000

I recycle the water from my shower -- Weekly, I put the plants in with me when I take a shower -- the soap keeps bugs away and it waters my plants at the same time :)

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sarah woods — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:23:12 -0000

Love the green bag; they are everywhere; in our vehicles; in our offices; and in our homes; so we do not forget them. thanks

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Cindy Beckman — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:40:48 -0000

We reuse everything we can from the butter dishes we purchase in the store, jars are re-used as seed starters, bottles reused to collect rain water. Everything has a use and we see that it is used to it's maximum.

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kagil — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:16:44 -0000

The containers that strawberries come in make great seed starting greenhouses. Just fill with seed starter and you've got a great planter. It keeps you from having to buy the seed starter greenhouses if you normally do. :)