Item:  Vintage Stencil Assortment
Seller:  BinspiredVintage

I’ve been trying a re-purpose, re-use, recycle exercise lately.  It’s pretty simple and easy to do:

Watching my garbage.Since moving into my new condo, it’s been very important to me to take note of how many times I have to visit the hallway garbage shoot.  At first, I was dumping frequently – about once every 3-4 days.  One kitchen-sized bag of garbage is a lot for one person.  How on earth was a wasting this much?

When I saw this item on Etsy, I decided I wanted to start to do something really simple – just keeping note of what I was throwing away and why.

I love this these vintage stencil sheets.   This item is for sale by Etsy seller BInspiredVintage and includes four sheets, each measuring 8 inches by 10 inches.

I think this is an awesome item to have on Etsy.  Here’s the thing, to be totally honest I would throw this away without a second thought.  This is not a good mindset to have!!  This is not only a useful item, but it’s a great reminder for me.

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I’m happy to say I have been focusing on throwing out one bag of garbage each week and it’s been going great!  Some tips I’ve found work well:

- I buy glass bottles of carbonated water from my local Whole Foods.  If I drink one bottle, I try to use it at least 5 more times – filling it with just plain water and taking it to work, the gym, etc.

- I have been drastically cutting down my paper towel use.  Amazing how much it makes a difference in the garbage pileup.  Plus, between the new pack of dishtowels and my old ones, I have quite a few colorful choices for cleanups!

- I have been focusing a lot on making sure I set aside any item that can be recycled.  Paper is taking up the most room in my recycling container – I had no idea how much paper I just threw away in the garbage!

Any tips you guys have for being more eco-concious?

- Jackie