Homemaking

Being green or greener doesn't have to overhaul your house and way of life. Little changes help a lot, and can even save money!

Here are a couple simple ways to decrease the amount of trash your household produces, and increase your recycling output.

In the move to become more environmentally aware, many people want to find ways not to let plastic grocery bags acquired over time to go to waste. Here are various ways to put your old plastic...

Money crunching, prices escalating, it takes creativeness to save on a dollar. This might make a few extra trips to the trash can, but it can save a dollar and even get you some exercise.

This kind of project may need to be divided up and done in chunks of time, depending on how messy your dresser and closet have become. You might like to choose a time when you are in the mood for...

It's easy to get rid of flies. These pests manage to get into homes everyday. Whether they're getting into your home or there are simply too many in your yard, you don't want to keep them around....

We throw a lot of stuff away. But there's no such place as "away." It all lands somewhere, and that's a problem. To reduce the amount of solid waste you produce, you must begin thinking about that...

Climate change and pollution are issues that inspire many people to start finding ways to be more environmentally conscious. There are so many ways to address the environmental problems in today's...

Garbage used to be that material you put on the curb and had done with. Today, environmental concerns and lack of landfill space have made us reassess the stuff we toss. Although recycling and...

While being green is the new rage, living a life that is eco- or Earth-friendly has been around since before Mother Earth News started. Learn how you can live a life more in harmony with the Earth.

If you are like the rest of us, when it comes to kitchen grease you probably fall into one of these categories : 1) You dump it down the drain or 2) You throw it in the trash. The latter is the...

Mice can be very problematic pests. These creatures will not only wreak havoc in your pantry, they can also carry dangerous diseases. Instead of using poison or a trap designed to kill the mouse,...

In most municipalities, when cardboard is thrown away, it goes where other trash goes-either to the incinerator or into a landfill.

Almost every community has a recycling station that will pay you to bring in empty soda cans to make extra money for yourself. The amount you will make will depend on two factors: how many cans...

Do you live in a town or city that charges you per bag for your trash pick-up? Here is a sure fire way to save money... reduce the amount of trash you put out on the curb. My family has recently...

Many of us are trying to take more responsibility with our environment. One way to do this is to ask ourselves what changes we can make around our home. Many of the things we throw in our trash...

Most of us just don't have time to clean house the way our mothers always did. Some of this may seem like common sense, but it's not what you're doing that's unique; it's how you're doing it....

If you have ever run out of necessities and needed to get by without them until payday what did you do ? Making do with something else may be the solution . Learn how to use your thinking ability...

Do you ever feel like you can never keep the kitchen from looking as though a bomb went off? Has it been a while since you've seen your floor and/or counter tops? Does your family ignore the...

So you have tried everything and the stink still lingers in the room. There are some great solutions out there, here are the best.

Do you have a closet, room, or garage area that you consider your junk room? You know, the room that is stock piled with tons of stuff that you forgot even existed. Have you went into this area...

This article will tell you how to deodorize a room or vehicle.

No weekly trash pick up and no recycling bins existed in the 1930s. People still tried to reuse things and reduce waste. Often this was more from necessity rather than knowing what we now know...

How often have you looked at the amount of trash you've put out at the curb on trash day and sighed about the impact you're leaving on the earth? If you're interested in reducing the amount of...

There are a number of ways to reduce individual impact on the planet's resources. Avoiding creating trash is a simple matter of making better choices and improving awareness. Look below for just a...

Do you always seem to have too much trash out at the curb? Is it over flowing so much that the town that you live in is charging your house an extra fee to pick things up? Try these handy tips to...

You might not think that choosing an outdoor trash can could be such an involved process, but there are several points to consider before making your selection, including size, material and...

Tipped over cans and trash strewn across the yard is an avoidable aggravation. So is putting up with small crawly things in your garbage cans. There are a myriad of ways to keep them all out of...

If you have a dirty job to do, you don't want to ruin good clothing. And you might not want to use a regular apron because the washer simply can't handle the mess. The solution is to make a...