I get the O (Oprah Magazine) email in my inbox and rarely take the time to read anything from it. Today I followed a link to
25 Solid Gold Ways to Save, and found that most of them don't pertain to my life style at all, but I did like this one, perhaps because it's something I believe in. Cutting down the use of paper products is something I work towards and wish others would too. It is vastly important to the life of our planet. Not only does it cut down on trash, and on killing trees, but making paper uses a mind boggling amount of water, so cutting down on the use of paper saves a lot of water too. I thought you might find it interesting, so here it is:
Ditch the paper products.
Cloth napkins over paper is a no-brainer (cloth instead of paper for a family of four adds up to $12 savings per year), but you can also swap your paper coffee filters for a metal mesh filter (saving $8 this year after paying for the new filter, and about $18 annually thereafter), paper towels for dish rags (annual savings: $40), and memo pads for a mini chalkboard ($15 this year). Total savings: $75 (plus a lot of trees).
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3 comments:
I am very frugal when it comes to consuming paper products, mostly because they are so dang expensive -- but I will never part with my Kleenex! I've yet to find a viable hanky soft enough or that I'm willing to carry around after using!
Yikes Alice...then you have to do more laundry LOL
My favorite saying at work (which people are beginning to copy) is:
The trees are crying. Save a tree.
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