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Top 5 Simple Eco-Friendly Practices for Thanksgiving!

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Top 5 Simple Eco-Friendly Practices for Thanksgiving! Halloween has come and gone which means people will quickly begin to prepare for Thanksgiving.  The Thanksgiving season is always exciting as people prepare to spend time with family they haven’t seen in a long time and prepare for a big dinner. By nature, this is a time of excess as people prepare food that isn’t eaten; use an excess of resources, and otherwise engage in activities that are not environmentally friendly. Such practices are carried out without thought to the harm they cause.  With a little extra planning and effort, many eco-friendly practices can be employed. 1. Avoid disposable plates and utensils : Using paper plates and utensils is convenient but creates a large amount of waste that takes years to full decompose. Instead, let Thanksgiving be a special occasion that you bring out the good dishes. If disposable items are a must, go for items that made of recyclable materials.  Eco-friendly d...

The Next Big Thing in Avoid Plastics

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Looking around the environment, it is common to see plastic all around us. There are plastic bags, plastic bottles, and other items that make one wonder how many billions of years it will take to decompose such items. Additionally, tons of plastic is discarded in our trash, but there has to be an alternative way to dispose of plastic in an environmentally friendly way.  There is definitely something, we as a society can do to minimize the use of plastic. One solution is to carry reusable natural fiberbags . This is a simple solution, yet so many of us are so used to using plastic bags that it is hard to try something different.  It’s habit as supermarkets provide plastic bags at checkout seemingly for free, but we have to realize that the use of plastic bags is often costly to our environment. Carrying natural fiber bags provides a reusable alternative that eliminates the need to safely decompose plastic bags. Most people fail to consider the risks associate...