eco-friendly family

How to Save Money With Your Family Laundry Routine

September 6, 2011

This month, I’ve exchanged our laundry detergent with the Arm and Hammer Power Gel Plus OxyClean HE detergent. Turns out, this was a good month for sampling a new laundry detergent, because I’ve had to do more loads of laundry than ever, thanks to the lice outbreak in my home. It can be expensive to [...]

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Biodegradable Paper Plates from Hefty

February 13, 2011

Even though I like to be green and environmentally friendly, there are times where it’s just easier to use paper products – like for some of the kids’ meals, birthday parties, etc. I was happy to learn about Hefty Basics paper plates – a line of paper products that are biodegradable. Hefty Basics are biodegradable [...]

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Marcal Small Steps Paper Products

April 26, 2010

Are you looking to make small steps to become more eco-friendly this Earth month? Marcal Small Steps is a new product line made from 100% premium recycled paper rather than trees. If every household in the U.S. replaced one package of traditional toilet paper with Marcal Small Steps, we could help save nearly one million [...]

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For My Fellow Post-it® Lovers

May 12, 2009

I’m a list maker, note taker…. I just love Post-it® Notes. I imagine there are tons of us out there who just can’t kick the habit of using these sticky addictive pieces of paper. You can get them in so many sizes, so many colors, and for so many purposes. I know my addiction started [...]

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