Be Smart ~ Go Green  Definitely!

Not only is recycling  EASY and smart for the environment, but its smart for your wallet as well. We have listed a few ideas below. Check back often - every few days I'll update this list with different items. We bet you have a use for lots of things in your home!

Tin foil (aluminum)

• Sharpen your scissors by cutting through 6-8 layers of foil.
  Don't throw this in your regular trash, make sure it makes it into a recycle bin when finished.

• Shine rusty chrome by scrubbing with a littlewater on a wadded up piece of foil.

• Keep birds out of your fruit tree by hanging several twisted strips on them with fishing line.

• Iron more effectively by putting a piece of foil under the ironing board cover. The foil will reflect the heat from the iton so both sides get ironed at once.
  

Alka Seltzer

• Clean a toilet. Drop in 2 tablets, wait 20 minutes, brush and flush.
• Attract fish. Fill a tube jig with a piece of alka-seltzer and cast off.
• Remove burned food from cookware by filling it with warm water, dissolving 6 tablets and let it sit for an hour or so.
• Soothe insect bites. Dissolve 2 tablets in water; saturate a cloth or cotton ball with the solution and place on the bite for 30 minutes (unless you are allergic to aspirin).