http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/05/8-ways-to-green-your-significant-other/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/05/8-ways-to-green-your-significant-other/comment-page-1/#comment-28424 Christina Judge Thu, 21 May 2009 15:20:41 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/05/10995/#comment-28424 One thing I did when we were first married was to show my husband where the barrels in the garage were for recycling-I had one for glass, one for plastics, and one for aluminum. Nowadays, in most places, the recycling all seems to just go in one bin, but back then it started him on the right path. Another thing I did was show him right away how he did not need to use a paper towel for every little spill or clean-up. (I have never even bought a roll of paper towels-ever-there was no need!) I cut up the used or torn cotton clothing into usable sizes and keep them at convenient locations around the house for quick clean-ups and for just everyday cleaning rags. The washing machine doesn't care if there is just one more rag added to the load, and if we happen to use the rag to clean up something unwashable, we can throw it in the trash can without regrets. We have never bought paper napkins, either, always using the cloth napkins. One thing I did when we were first married was to show my husband where the barrels in the garage were for recycling-I had one for glass, one for plastics, and one for aluminum. Nowadays, in most places, the recycling all seems to just go in one bin, but back then it started him on the right path.
Another thing I did was show him right away how he did not need to use a paper towel for every little spill or clean-up. (I have never even bought a roll of paper towels-ever-there was no need!) I cut up the used or torn cotton clothing into usable sizes and keep them at convenient locations around the house for quick clean-ups and for just everyday cleaning rags. The washing machine doesn’t care if there is just one more rag added to the load, and if we happen to use the rag to clean up something unwashable, we can throw it in the trash can without regrets.
We have never bought paper napkins, either, always using the cloth napkins.

]]> http://earth911.com/blog/2009/01/05/8-ways-to-green-your-significant-other/comment-page-1/#comment-24007 Monica Martinez Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:58:14 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/05/10995/#comment-24007 I ENJOYED READING THIS ARTICLE-VERY INTERESTING! I ENJOYED READING THIS ARTICLE-VERY INTERESTING!

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