I've been collecting the plastic bags from my morning papers to take to the dog park and use as my own "poop collectors." They're bigger than the little ones the park stocks, so I can sometimes do "double duty" and pick up after someone else's dog! (We fondly term this as "poop karma." :-) )

I also use my newspaper bags as poop bags. I used to buy the rolls of blue baggies, but newspaper bag work just as well as long as you watch out for the bags with holes! We call cleaning up after someone else's dog "pooping it forward." :)

I guess it sound pretty gross but i do that too!
I also re-use my tea bags at least once after the first use. it doesn't change the flavor much at all and I don't have to spend so much as i used to. one box can last for a month!

I save most of my glass jars from anchovies to sauce. My family is even getting into it with me by giving me any wide mouth jars like a tostidos jar from super bowl sunday. They always seem excited to return the glass jars I send home with them full of the healthy healing foods I love to make. I plan on re-using the jars that are too small for storage items for handmade lotions, soaps, and fragrances as gifts.

I have use my small bars of soap , by putting them into a food chopper and use it to make shower gel, and by add a few drop of cologne to it, and for hand soap, I add a few drops of bleach,because with children in the house and most of the times they don't wash for 2 mintuesto cut down on colds

use plastic bags when someone has the cold or flu cuts down on germs,gives them their own personal trash bag.always keep them in my car for tag/estate sales.in my pocket while walking to pick up cans and bottles.

Like others have just said, I also recycle newspaper bags by using them for pooper scooper bags. We also have a recycling center at the edge of town. So this is where all my newspapers are now going. I really am glad to see more people going green, even if you only think you are doing small things for the environment. Every little bit helps.

Hi Emme, what a great site!!
I also use 2 or 3x dunked tea bags as 'relaxors' for my eyes (Chamomile), then put the used bags in either the compost bin or the worm bin.
Thanks for the great site.
Charlene :)

we reuse our plastic baggies as deep conditioning caps or color caps. i also use the paper shredder and my old papers to fill my hamster cage.

We just got two hampsters (that keep on escaping) but I never thought of using the paper from the shredder at the office for their bedding! Brilliant.

I bought a nylon bag with a velcro strap at the store that holds my car garbage--it has a velcro bottom, so you just hold it over the trash can, open the bottom, and empty it. It also hangs over my gear shift, so it's always within reach. Just one more idea instead of using plastic bags in the car. I love it because it's reuseable--I've had mine for 4 years!

My Irish Grandmother taught to feed my houseplants only "natural" food. When you have used your tea bag for the last time make one more cup to water your plants; after it's cooled, of course...they love it. Then let the bag dry out, open it up and sprinkle the tea leaves over the potting soil.
After making eggs for breakfast wash your egg shells in hot soapy water then put them on a paper towel in the microwave for 30 seconds (Grandma put them in the oven). Let them cool. Crush them up and scatter them over the tea leaves on your potted plants. Now every time you water you'll be adding compost and calcium to your plants roots.
For beautiful roses bury banana peels (or whole over ripe bananas) at the drip-line of your rose bush.
If you have aphids on a plant take it outdoors and pour your cooled leftover dishwater over it. Let it drain and bring it back in...the diluted soap will kill the aphids.
I am the proud keeper of a beautiful and healthy descendant of my Great-Grandmothers Shamrock plant that she brought over from Ireland in the late 1800's! It has never been feed commercial plant food and is blooming as I write this. Whenever I move I leave behind a small shamrock plant for my friends to remember me by, along with the instructions for making her "natural" plant food.
And here's another of her Irish superstitious ways: NEVER thank someone for a plant...or it will not thrive. You can thank them for being thoughtful, for the pot, for the dirt...just not ever for the plant :-)

I am using my used tea bags on my indoor and outdoor plants. It's a good idea, it helps the plants, it saves money, and it helps to recycle.

Coffee grounds are also excellent for indoor/outdoor plants and gardenias love diluted pickle juice.

Hi

becareful when using shredded newspapers or any paper with print on it. The ink can poison the hampsters or other small rodents also rabbits. Used to work in animal rescue and ther were a lot of problems with this.

Gloria