Did you how much you can save by using reusable towels instead of paper towels? Not to mention the environmental cost, just money alone. For example, if you have a family of four and go through 2 medium rolls each week at the retail price of $3.15. With 52 weeks a year, you can save [...]
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Reduction at Home
Consider reducing your purchase of products that contain hazardous ingredients. Learn about the use of alternative methods or products-without hazardous ingredients-for some common household needs. To avoid the potential risks associated with household hazardous wastes, it is important that people always monitor the use, storage, and disposal of products with potentially hazardous substances in their [...]
Benefits of Reduction
* Saves natural resources. Waste is not just created when consumers throw items away. Throughout the life cycle of a product from extraction of raw materials to transportation to processing and manufacturing facilities to manufacture and use waste is generated. Reusing items or making them with less material decreases waste dramatically. Ultimately, less materials will [...]