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Green Living Tips

When I was a girl, getting the most out of your items wasn't considered "green," it was just the way we lived! If you're looking to get back to those days, make your home's items go a little further, or just need help to live a little greener, you're in the right place.  I just love finding new ways to get extra life out of my old items. For a few of my favorite posts that will help you do just that, check out 31 ways to reuse plastic bottles, this list of surprising things that you can recycle, a few creative ways to reuse your Amazon shipping boxes, or how to repurpose glass jars for storage!

20 Ways To Give Your Old Coffee Grounds A New Purpose

You can use coffee grounds to keep fleas off your dog, repair small scratches in wood furniture, and refresh black and brown clothing that has faded.

11 Easy Ways To Make Your Paper Towels Last Forever

fewer paper towels

Freshen The Air Instantly With This Cheap & Easy DIY

This Is The Easiest Way To Freshen Up Any Room

9 Unusual Ways To Solve Problems With Stuff You Have At Home

Ways To Use Common Household Items

11 Disposable Items That Are More Useful Than You Thought

Disposable Items That Are More Useful Than You Thought

17 Sustainability Secrets We Can Learn From Our Grandparents

things our grandparents did

13 Frugal Food Habits For Wasting Less And Saving More

stop wasting food

9 Of The Best Ways To Use Plastic Wrap Around The House

uses for plastic wrap

9 Things You Should Always Reuse, Just Like Grandma Did

things grandma never threw away

The 9 Most Useful Containers To Keep And Reuse

Repurposing Containers

10 Uses For Paper Plates That Go Way Beyond The Obvious

A series of pictures showing how to clean plates in the microwave.

40 Exceedingly Useful Hydrogen Peroxide Hacks

hydrogen peroxide

10 Unexpectedly Useful Ways To Repurpose Old Garden Hoses

Repurpose Your Old Garden Hose

19 Surprising Things That Can Be Recycled (And How To Do It)

Surprising Things That Can Be Recycled collage; keys hanging on wall; bras; makeup; eyeglasses

14 Creative Uses For Glass Jars, From Practical To Decorative

Creative Uses For Glass Jars - collage: jars full of liqued and citrus slices; piggy bank jar; jar full of essential oil gel on a bedside table; jar with soap dispenser lid on a bathroom sink

The Best Way Close Chip Bags Without Clips

Sealing stick chip clips - collage: woman holding sealing sticks; putting a stick on a bag of chips

13 Genuinely Useful Ways To Reuse Plastic Straws

collage: hand slipping part of a straw over a razor/woman's hands filling part of a straw with face serum/hands inserting a folded straw into a plastic coffee cup lid/hands sealing an inflated ziplock bag with a straw lying nearby

11 Useful Things You Can Do With An Empty Milk Jug

collage of three photos showing various ways to reuse plastic milk jugs

This Is The Best Snack For Your Money, And Here’s Why

Reusing Yogurt Jars

Do You Know What You Should And Shouldn’t Recycle?

Recycling

13 Useful Things You Should Do With Your Old Grocery Bags

uses for plastic bags

How To Clean Your Reusable Bags, Because They Probably Need It

reusable bags

This Is The Best Way To Remove Labels From Glass Bottles, By Far

Remove labels easily by putting bottles into a sink full of water and washing soda and let them soak.

9 Clever Ways To Avoid Wasting Your Perfectly Good Cereal Boxes

cereal boxes

3 Surprising Reasons Why You Need A Bidet (And How To Pick One)

bidet

This Is The Best $30 I’ve Spent In A Long Time

Reusable Shopping Bags

21 Brilliant Ways You Can Save Money With An Ice Cube Tray

Uses for Ice Cube Trays

10 Creative Ways To Reuse Your Old Amazon Boxes

Uses for Cardboard Boxes

How To Make 3 Naturally-Scented Air Fresheners For Cars

Homemade Car Air Fresheners

Frugal Ways To Extend The Life Of Your Stuff

Extend The Life Of Your Stuff
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