Comments on: The Top 20 Things We Throw Away (That We Shouldn’t)

By: Xanbond007

Xanbond007 — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:13:00 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:17:00 +0000

“Menstrual cups” are sort of the same thing, and seem to be slowly catching on, theres even a group on Livejournal totally dedicated to these things. Creepy!

By: Raven

Raven — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:00:16 +0000

Omg! Use washcloths as baby wipes? What is this the dark ages? Are you gonna wipe your own ass with a washcloth or use toilet paper? That’s what I thought. Haha…belly button lint. That’s great. I think you’re great on green bags and reuseable bottles but honestly I’m not getting tetanus from old razor blades. I agree that we should use real plates too. Swiffer pads don’t work anyway. Oh and if you put nailpolish remover, for instance, on a washcloth, forget it. Next you’re gonna suggest reuseable tampons! Eww

By: GreenBin

GreenBin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:33:12 +0000

Here are a few things I do:

1- I only use my hands to blow my nose as nature intended, or if needed, I use the leaves from the trees.

2- I shave with a stone that I keep sharp, like the cavemen used to do.

3- I only eat vegetables that come from my backyard. Lots of dandelion salad and clover salad, and mushrooms.

4- I stopped eating meat and I only eat insects from my backyard. The crickets are delicious when not cooked (crispy and juicy)

5- I bought glasses at the Salvation Army instead of wearing lenses. For only a dollar! The 1987 style fits me quite well.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:06:50 +0000

An old wool sweater cut up into the right sizes make excellent substitutes for swiffer pads, and youre re-using something – not making more stuff

By: Nick Palmer

Nick Palmer — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:24:05 +0000

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October 13th, 2009 at 12:06 am

and p.s. I forgot to add coffee filters as well as tea bags, including the used coffee and tea, are all fine “compostables”.”
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Hi,
Don’t compost tea bags! Tea bag material has a fine network of polyester fibres in it which the manufacturers put there so they can heat seal them.
If you compost tea bags, you will get polyester “ghosts” left behind – these are barely noticeable in a standard compost heap because the turning process tends to scrunch them up but it is obvious in a wormery – over months a layer of net can build up that the worms can’t penetrate. My solution is I let the bag cool down a bit then rip it and pour the leaves into my compost caddy. The bag unfortunately goes into the bin. I am considering going back to loose leaf tea using one of those “old fashioned” infusers so I can still have one cup at a time. If you don’t know what I mean here’s the wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_infuser

Here’s a link to a post I did on this on my blog

http://nickpalmer.blogspot.com/2009/05/worms-tea-bags-and-tissues.html

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:53:56 +0000

This is a great article – thank you! I featured it on our site this morning which focuses on helping householders reduce their weekly landfill waste. You’ve come up with some great reminders for folk who are already recycling and some excellent advise for newbies who may be unsure about things.

http://myzerowaste.com/2009/10/mrs-greens-six-stories-on-sunday-17/

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:21:01 +0000

the one about printer ink is iffy in my book….refilling most major brands of toner doesn’t actually work well… there’s a chip inside each cartridge that keeps track of the toner amount….no matter what the refill shop says they can’t always reset that counter, sometimes it doesn’t reset fully, and sometimes it’s just not reset-able..

why do you think every HP printer has a different cartridge? so that they can keep one step ahead of the refillers…HP (and most other brands) are now including a postage paid envelope with new toner so that you can send the empties back where they recycle it themselves (they actually replace the counter chip etc…)

you’ll have a much better printing experience if you use new toner (sorry mother earth)

By: Leo N.

Leo N. — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:48:15 +0000

I’m sorry, but whoever wrote this article is either a masochist, or they’ve never worn contact lenses in their life. Non-disposables simply can’t compare to disposables in terms of comfort, hygiene and clear vision (non-disposables will eventually degrade and become contaminated with debris, no matter how often / well they are cleaned). 1-month disposables are a good compromise, IMO, but 1-year disposables?! Forget it.

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