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Don't use the plastic containers to reheat food. Do invest in Pyrex bowls. They can go from freezer to microwave to table --and you don't have to worry about microwaving in plastic (which can put chemicals in your food), or choosing the right kind of plastic. They last for years, so you are not creating waste. Don't buy individually wrapped chips and crackers. Do prepackage your own healthier snacks. Use small plastic snack containers (ie Ziploc) and load them up with serving sizes of blueberries, baby cut carrots, grapes, or cherry tomatoes, sugar snap peas, cheese cubes, etc. Store them in the refrigerator so you can quickly grab them on the go. When buying organic: Don't buy organic potato chips or cookie bars. (You are paying for food wrappers then end up in the garbage.) Do choose organic soft-skinned fruits and vegetables. These are the kinds that tend to absorb pesticides into the skin. A list of the top fruits and vegetables to buy organic can be found in the book. When fast food is the only option for your child's dinner: Don't order the fries or soda. Do replace those high-fat and sugar food with fresh fruit and milk.

Alot of people that no longer work for the Company still receive Magazines so I will either take them to the YMCA for other's to enjoy or to the recyle bin. posted by Site Manager for Coleman Mailroom

Reuse the wax paper bag that cereal comes in by using it for baking potatoes(wash the potatoes and poked with a knife)place in bag and microwave.

south high school enviormental club is having a recycling drive, the first saturday of each month. people can bring there recycables and the enviormental club students will sort them. it takes place bettween 10:00-4:00 in the sim parking lot. the closest parking lot near gold and 34th street.

Wichita will have more places than ever to take real Christmas trees for recycling this year. Ten sites open today for people who are going out of town for the holidays and don't want to come home to a crispy tree. The sites will remain open through Jan. 23. College Hill United Methodist Church was added as a recycling site last year, while Earhart Environmental Magnet School took some time off because of construction. Now the school's back on the list, so the number of sites is at an all-time high, said Caroline Hosford, environmental training specialist for Sedgwick County. The county sponsors the sites. There will be nine recycling sites elsewhere in the county. Maize won't be offering recycling this year because it didn't have a place that would work, Hosford said, but it should be back on the list next year. Garden Plain has moved its location this year to the water tower. Hosford said the number of trees recycled each year has leveled off. "I think people kind of expect it and they use it," she said of the service. "I don't know what will happen this year, because typically in a down economy people go to artificial trees. That may happen this year."

Wichita will have more places than ever to take real Christmas trees for recycling this year. Ten sites open today for people who are going out of town for the holidays and don't want to come home to a crispy tree. The sites will remain open through Jan. 23. College Hill United Methodist Church was added as a recycling site last year, while Earhart Environmental Magnet School took some time off because of construction. Now the school's back on the list, so the number of sites is at an all-time high, said Caroline Hosford, environmental training specialist for Sedgwick County. The county sponsors the sites. There will be nine recycling sites elsewhere in the county. Maize won't be offering recycling this year because it didn't have a place that would work, Hosford said, but it should be back on the list next year. Garden Plain has moved its location this year to the water tower. Hosford said the number of trees recycled each year has leveled off. "I think people kind of expect it and they use it," she said of the service. "I don't know what will happen this year, because typically in a down economy people go to artificial trees. That may happen this year."

Read above. Paper plates are so much easier than dishes anyway. I highly recomend it.

I have been practicing random acts of kindness, every chance I have a little extra money. For example I have been to the local gas station and asked the cashier to give $20.00 for the next person that filled up with fuel. I go to the local grocery store and give the cashier $10 to $20 dollars for the next person that purchases food. While driving in Wichita I practice kindess by allowing a person to get infront of me when traffic is slow. I believe if we all do this it builds your self esteem, and promotes a healthy enviroment for everyone. I am asking everyone who reads this post to do the same thing. Christina Espinosa

I recently installed two zoned high efficiency heat pumps and have been saving a ton of money on utilities!

My father started a newspaper recycle program at his church in Texas. The money made for this program was used to purchase several kidney dialysis machines for their small community. This kept the residents in this small community from traveling into larger city of Fort Worth for dialysis. Then years later my mother unfortunately had to use these machines. However, it saved my parents 60 miles roundtime three times a week. Therefore, I recycle newspaper to this day. It doesn't sound like much, but it is only recycling newspaper.