10 easy tips how to reduce the use of paper in your every day life.
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1. Think before you print! Don’t print anything unless you really have to – if you do, use both sides of the paper. And important tip: always use print preview!
2. Pay your bills online – most companies offer easy online billing.
3. Cancel some of your magazine subscriptions and especially shopping catalogs you receive. You can do it yourself by going to OptOutPrescreen.com, or CatalogChoice.org.
Shopping bags $15.99
SHOPPING
4. Buy products that are smartly packed in as little paper as possible.
5. Use re-usable shopping bags and say no to paper and plastic at stores. In case you will get paper shopping bags, use them to collect recycable paper and recycle them. The brown grocery bags are also great as packing material when you mail something, they are great for kids crafts and home made gift bags.
6. Buy food in bulk to reduce the amount of packaging you are using.
AT HOME
7. Set your home for easy recycling – if it’s convenient, you are more likely to do it.
8. Don’t use kitchen paper towels. Use a cotton towel you can wash all over again to wiping the kitchen counters, another one for drying your hands, and a third one for cleaning. Or go wild and get one of them Sham-wows that are luring us on TV to dry everything like magic. No guarantees, but at least they sound amazing.
9. Don’t use paper napkins – choose washable fabric napkins you can use year after year.
10. One paper product I know you won’t go without… toilet paper. Opt for White Cloud toilet paper, which is made of 100% recycled fiber – finally an eco-friendly toilet paper product in the US!
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Thanks for the tip for opting out of the catalogs! So much easier than having to contact each store individually and I can’t wait to stop having to recycle all that paper!
Hey there.
Great tips, ever since becoming a mommy I am very green. I am trying to instill in my husband habits like using cloth napkins instead of paper. Its a struggle but he does use reusable bags when he goes shopping. Baby steps!
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