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HOW TO GO GREEN

December 12, 2010 at 9:26PM

HOW TO GO GREEN

Here are some ways to go green this holiday season:

• Give nature-related gifts, such as binoculars, a National Geographic magazine subscription, or identification books for trees, flowers or birds.

• Give gifts that don't require batteries.

• Offer to recycle an electronic product that's been replaced by a new one.

• Wrap gifts in cloth grocery-store bags, the funny papers, calendar pages, old maps and posters, brown bags, fabric, wallpaper, bubble wrap, mesh fruit bags, holiday or kids' artwork.

• Re-use paper and ribbon and recycle the rest.

• Give consumables: soy-based candles, soaps, green products, homemade meals, baked goods, event tickets.

• Give used books and other items.

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• Make donations to worthy causes in the name of an individual.

TOLEDO BLADE

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