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http://eco-chick.com/2008/05/02/stop-incessant-phone-book-deliveries/ [Eco-Chick] According to the Environmental Protection Agency, for every 500 phone books recycled, 7,000 gallons of water, 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 17 to 31 trees and 4,100 kilowatts of electricity are saved. That’s enough power to serve an average home for 6 months.

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Eco Women: Protectors of the Planet!http://ecowomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/cheapo-greeno-part-ii-kitchen/ [Eco Women: Protectors of the Planet!] Cheapo-Greeno Part II-Kitchen: 5.  Don’t overlook your inheritance.  Enviro-Girl has some top-notch cookware and kitchen utensils straight from her grandmother’s kitchen.  Her ice cream scoop is over 70 years old and it’s made out of some heavy-duty metal.  Ditto her measuring cups and serving spoons.  Back when Grandma stocked her kitchen, things were made with quality and craftsmanship.  When Grandma died, Enviro-Girl was happy to take on her used dishes, pots and pans while her cousin shunned them, desiring matching stuff from Crate & Barrel and Younker’s instead.  Sure, Enviro-Girl’s cousin’s kitchen matches, but she’s also had to replace half that stuff because it wasn’t built to last.  She also spent a lot of money buying new while Enviro-Girl reused for free.

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Low Impact Livinghttp://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2008/04/21/celebrate-earth-day-embrace-earth-life/ [Low Impact Living] Celebrate Earth Day, Embrace Earth Life: Americans throw out over 40 million plastic bottles each year and over 80% end up in landfills. If everyone on your block stopped using bottled water you could probably cut out 5000 bottles each year.

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