Happy Holidays, and Have a Green Christmas!
The Associated Press
So,
the AP actually DOES have more on its mind than stumping for the
wasteful, sinful, slothful GOP agenda. Happy Holidays!
Careful
planning during the holidays can reduce the amount of waste that ends
up in landfills. The following are a few environmentally friendly
suggestions:
• Buy
toys that don't use batteries or buy rechargeable batteries to go with
new electronic toys. Information on disposing of batteries is available
on www.rbrc.org.
• Buy living gifts, like houseplants, garden seeds or potted trees that can be transplanted in the spring.
• Reuse
holiday wrapping, or use old maps or comic pages from the Sunday paper
for wrapping gifts. Put gifts in decorative tins or boxes instead of
throwaway wrapping materials. Use and reuse decorative gift bags.
• Use
your imagination in trimming the tree or yard for the holidays. Take
time to recondition strings of lights that may only need a few bulbs.
Create ornaments out of items that can be painted or decorated for a
new look.
• To
compensate for the harvest of your Christmas tree, arrange to plant a
new tree next spring. Or, consider using a durable artificial tree. Try
reusing old artificial trees in outdoor holiday displays.
•
Recycle cardboard boxes or better yet, save boxes and bows for reuse
next year. It can be a surprise to find that the gift inside is not
what is pictured on the box.
And DFIA Environmentalist Molly Regan
reminds us that gift-wrap, holiday cards, envelopes with foil linings,
and gift bows are not recyclable. Some of these items contain metallic
inks and excessive tape, which prevent them from being recycled.
Rather than throwing these items in the trash, why not avoid using them
altogether? It's never to late to change old habits!
Happy Holidays!
Blog For Iowa 
I was not home this chirstmas. I was with my cousins back in Nigeria enjoying cup of Green tea while missing my home back in Russia.
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