Tips and tricks to save the environment(and your wallet )

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Following Ambers' post on the Good Book Thread about changing some things about your lifestyle to help improve the environment (such as taking your own shopping bag to the store) i just wanted to ask : what do you do to help save our planet ?

I'll start :
- i too take my own shopping bag to the store
- at the supermarket (or market) whenever possible i do not wrap my vegetables or fruits, just weigh them and throw them in my bag.
- i only buy milk in glass bottles that i can return and which will be re-used
- i do not use fabric softener in the washing machine, only a shot of household vinegar. Does the trick, it's cheap, environmentally friendly, and good against calcium deposition (not sure i said that correctly ?)
- in the summer i hardly ever use my dryer, but dry the clothes on a line in the garden
- unplug any appliance that is not in use

If i can think of more i'll post.

Now it's up to you..