Everyone LOVES saving money – and being able to create less waste is great too – so this week I’m sharing a few tips to help you save some money – and waste a little less in your home!
I’ve met a lot of people in my day and
everyone’s a little bit different they
got their own thing going on but I can
tell you one universal truth about
everyone I’ve met and that is they all
like to save money and one way that you
can save money is by wasting less now to
mention it’s great for the environment
and we need to be really good stewards
of the environment right now so this
week I am going to share with you ten
easy ways that you can waste less and
save more and some exciting news if you
haven’t heard I’ve got a book coming out
this is the Canadian cover this is a
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book is going to totally change the way
you clean make your sponge laughs while
you might think that you have to get rid
of your sponge the second it starts
smelling or if you wiped up something
kind of gross
think again rather than talking it
consider cleaning and disinfecting your
sponge there’s a really easy way to do
this and it’s so much more responsible
not only for your wallet but for the
environment to use your sponge more so
here’s what you do syllable with equal
parts water and white vinegar make sure
the whole sponge is immersed in the
liquid microwave it for five minutes
when it comes out let it cool you can
remove it with tongs and what that will
do is get rid of bacteria and odors and
give some new life to that sponge we use
paper towels you may or may not know
this but paper towel can actually be
reused now not if you’re using it for
some gross cleanup job but if you’re
using it for something you know pretty
average like wiping up a juice spill on
the counter walk the paper towel over to
the sink bring it out rinse it wring it
out again and wipe another surface paper
towels are durable so long as you get
the good quality one another way to
stretch the life of your paper towel is
to use it to wipe out one thing for
example I will use it to wipe out a cast
iron pan and I’ll just leave the paper
towel beside the stove and I’ll put all
of my other food garbage on that paper
towel and I’ll wipe up a little schmutz
and then I throw it out so there I’ve
used one paper towels for three
functions two degrees cooler two degrees
hotter I always loved
aha but even I can admit it is pretty
irresponsible so what we’ve been doing
at home now in the winter is we’ve been
kicking the thermostat down by two
degrees and I’m surviving and I have to
say it’s actually easier to sleep in a
cooler bedrooms you can layer on the
blanket it’s kind of cozy but you know
what I do instead is I put on blankets
or sweaters and I’m wearing slippers so
I’m doing what I can to keep myself warm
and frankly it is making a big dent in a
positive sense on our bill and then in
the summer we’re going to kick the
thermostat up to degrees so we’re not
going to pull the air-conditioning right
down and we’re just going to find ways
to make sure that we’re not dealing with
that whole greenhouse effect so we’re
going to be closing our window covering
and that way we’ll keep sunlight out and
we’ll keep our home a little bit cooler
start a bag system I’d love to know in
the comments down below if you guys have
your usable bags that you take shopping
with you or if you’re still using
plastic bags where I live in Toronto
they charge you for plastic bags and not
to mention plastic bags clogged up
landfills go research how long it takes
for a classic bag to break down it’s
depressing
so Chad and I recently went to the
Container Store some of you guys might
have seen that haul and we picked up
this fantastic bag system that we now
bring with us whenever we go grocery
shopping so we don’t have to use plastic
bags we also found a really great mesh
bag replacement for produce which we
bring with us as well I’ll link both of
those down below for you in the
description box pickle juice power if
you like anything that’s pickled before
you toss that liquid down the sink
think again pickle juice well it doesn’t
really have a negative environmental
impact you can have a really positive
impact on your food so you can brine
chicken in pickle juice apparently this
is what one very successful chicken
franchise does to make their chicken
peace extra amazing you can add it to
hummus and salad dressings you can throw
them in a cocktail you can steam veggies
in it there are a lot of cool things you
can do with pickle juice so use it
before you toss it reuse jars on the
of pickle juice I’m sure you indulge in
pickles and jams and olives and all
kinds of other good stuff that comes in
jars don’t throw those valuable little
things out rather than buying containers
reuse your jars i right now in my fridge
have tumeric tea in an old soup jar and
I have soup in an old pickle jar I also
have spices which I’ve contained in old
spice jars that I’ve cleaned out
deodorized and then we you switch to
digital subscriptions if you currently
get your paper or magazines delivered to
your home you gotta get with the times
it is 2017 or maybe 2019 when you’re
watching this I don’t know but I’m sure
this will still be relevant a lot of
companies are now offering you the
ability to subscribe to their content
online not only is this easier for you
to manage at home because there’s less
paper for you to have to deal with but
you can also save content a lot easier
and usually if you subscribe online you
get offers and access to a lot of other
things you wouldn’t necessarily get
access to it just got the stuff
delivered to your home example an app
like texture I think gives you access to
hundreds of magazines every month
instead of just one subscription so
think about making that switch turn your
water off obviously you’re going to need
to use water for things like brushing
your teeth and washing your dishes water
is a scarce resource and you’ve got to
treat it with respect not to mention we
are paying for it so make sure that when
you’re washing dishes
you’re turning water off when you’re
actually not using it to rinse or fill
your sink and the thing goes for when
you’re brushing your teeth or washing
your face only when you actually need
the water is when you should turn it on
but when the brush is physically in your
mouth or the washcloth is physically on
your face your tap should be off use
reusable napkin reusable napkins are not
just for fancy people they are for
everyday people like moi now I used to
think that regional napkins were going
to be a total pain and extra laundry
that I’d have to do but let me tell you
what happened first of all we don’t have
a bunch of paper going around the house
because paper napkins that like long
rectangular thing you have to find
somewhere to store it number one
and number two you can’t recycle paper
towel or napkin so it’s kind of an
irresponsible choice now when it comes
to actual cloth napkins
so we’ll reuse them a couple of times I
mean of course if you get a spill on a
napkin you’re not going to use it but if
it’s just me out for a sandwich and you
dab your face for a second you can
easily reuse that I put the napkins in
with my cleaning cloth it’s literally no
extra work and it’s a little bit fancy
so go for it
wash and cold hang to dry if you want a
great way to save money think about the
way that you do laundry and perhaps
restructure things a little bit unless
you absolutely need to do your laundry
in hot water in there are some times
where that will be the case try using a
cold wash cycle instead obviously it’s
going to save money because you don’t
have to heat up that water and then when
it comes to the dryer unless you need to
use the dryer think about hanging your
garments to dry instead the dryer is a
total electricity hog even the efficient
ones are still going to cost you money
to run every single time and while we’re
on the topic of laundry I thought I’d
let you know that in my book clean my
space the secret to cleaning better
faster and loving your home every day
available at clean my facebook.com/ has
an entire chapter dedicated to all
things laundry I also covered my
three-step maker method which will
totally change the way you clean and go
over things like routines and schedules
or vostok tips and tricks and a whole
bunch of other really cool stuff in
there this week’s comment question is
what do you do to save more and waste
less let me know in the comments down
below because the clean my space comment
section is like a goldmine for
information so anything you share with
me and you share with everyone else we
all benefit from a couple videos for you
to check out I’ve got 10 common cleaning
mistakes and 6 habits for a cleaner home
both great videos for you to check out
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