Eco-Smart Consumer: Bring Recycling With You!

Eco-Smart Consumer: Bring Recycling With You!

So we moved in....

So we moved in to our new house. Whew! what a whirlwind of boxes and debris. What can I say proudly.... we used Zero VOC paints for all the rooms which I can say was a total pain in the bottom! The coverage was awful...many rooms needed to painted 3 times, but what I can say is that there was absolutely NO paint smell, no air quality issues for my little noses to inhale. So it may have been a pain for us, but its good for them. What I can say I'm not as proud of is how much we couldn't get rid of through re-use. I tried, I posted on FreeCycle, Craigs List, but noone seemed to want my old curtains. So to salvation army they go....where I think they'll end up in the landfill because they are not really re-usable in their current form. They'd be better used for stuffing of some sort for crafters. Maybe I can find an art supply re-use house. We have stuck to our guns on environmentally friendly cleaning products and carpet cleaning....yeah for the GREENER CLEANER a local environmentally friendly cleaning service. Where we need to really improve is embracing the older products we have and not immediately go out and get new ones.... alas I'm no perfect. Those pretty shiny new refrigerators and dishwashers looked awfully nice on Black Friday.

Eco-Smart Consumer: Bring Recycling With You!

Eco-Smart Consumer: Bring Recycling With You!

Procrastination

I keep hearing Rod Stewarts song in my head...Fascination...but with the words Procrastination....oh no...not again...