Do good for the environment and your wallet.

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Reduce, reuse, recycle.

Its an age-old adage but how often do you find yourselfactuallyputting it into practice?

Clean towel, utensils and dishware in kitchen

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Another humble household essential ripe for reuse?

With a bit of creativity, you’re able to extend their lifeand usefulnessfor months to come.

To find a shelter accepting donations near you, connect with yourlocal ASPCA.

You dont even need to be that crafty.

And heres the good news: dish towels happen to be almost theperfectlength of fabric for DIY cafe curtains.