Making Recycling Work For Your Family

After The Estate Sale: What To Trash, What To Recycle, And What To Donate

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So you’ve gone through the process of selling everything in the house of value, but now what? It may seem like a daunting process to dispose of the plethora of items that were left behind, but don’t despair. With a little bit of organization and planning, the items that are left in the house will be sorted and sent to their proper destinations, whether it should be a charity, to a recycling center, or to a dumpster.…

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Preserving Memories: How To Store Paper Documents So They Don't Deteriorate

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Paper is fragile but it is also one item that we use the most. Preserving priceless documents isn’t an easy task because paper is so susceptible to light, moisture, acid, and heat. These things are what make the paper brittle, cause the ink to fade, and make the paper turn yellow. Eliminate these problems and you’ll have paper that last forever. Here’s how: Make a Copy on Acid-Free Paper Always make a stronger copy of your original document.…

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Be Environmentally Conscious - Recycling Your Electronics

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While there are good environmental reasons for not throwing your old electronics into your standard garbage collection, there are also moral reasons. It is simply wrong to frivolously throw non-biodegradable items haphazardly into our landfills. Countless studies have been performed over the last half-century that indicate our tendency to discard our refuse without the least little forethought has increased at an alarming rate. Dumping non-biodegradable garbage into our landfills is harming our wildlife, our water reserves, and adds toxins to our earth.…

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