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Tuesday, January 6

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Lauren Bush with her Feed byob bag.

Say No to Paper or Plastic

Instead, BYOB (Bring Your Own Reusable Shopping Bags)

Pass on Chilean Sea Bass

It's critically overfished and possibly on the road to extinction. Enjoy alternatives.

Ever explore taking the train as an alternative method of getting where you are going? It is a simple way to reduce your carbon output.

Toaster ovens use much less energy than conventional ovens, and they have more applications than you may have thought of.

Recycle Your Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Given the tiny amount of mercury in CFLs, it's important to recycle all CF bulbs properly. Recycling is easy with Sylvania's RECYCLEPAK program. Order the MiniPak on the Sylvania website, fill up with 15 burned out bulbs, attach the prepaid shipping label and your retired CFLs will be responsibly recycled. Community packs also available.

Recycle Your Spent CFLs

The eco-friendly bulbs contain some mercury and must be handled properly.

Install a Low-Flow Showerhead

Recycle Your Christmas Tree

Recycle Your Holiday Waste

Try a Great "Green" Nail Polish

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