HOUSEHOLD HINTS
By Christina Calvert and Dana Edwards
- Wash your cleaning sponges in the dishwasher or washing machine.
- It takes 21 days to break a bad habit. If you walk in the door and throw your shoes on the floor, try practicing putting your shoes away in your room for 21 days and you’ll stop tripping over your shoes before you know it!
- Throw away any medicines that are expired. You especially don’t want those little ones getting into them.
- If you scream when you see a spider, stop throwing piles of clothes or shoes on the floor. Spiders love to live in your boxes, clothes and shoes!
- Have a toilet brush in every bathroom for quick and easy cleaning.
- Use an oven tray liner. You won’t have to clean your oven nearly as often. Simply place the tray in the bottom of your oven and replace as needed.
- Clean your oven--your food will smell more delicious if you do!
- Clip out the articles of interest from magazines, then donate the magazines to a nursing home or library.
- Before making your next purchase, think before you buy. Ask yourself - Do I have a place for this? Is this a need or a want? Is this item worth my time, space, and money?
- The night before your scheduled trash pick-up, clean out all those leftovers in your frig!
RECYCLING TIPS
By Christina Calvert 
- Visit www.recyclespot.org for a wealth of recycle information and opportunities available in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
- Participate in local city curbside recycling programs, if available.
- Use recycle centers available in the metropolitan area. Refer to www.recyclespot.org for locations.
- Call Johnson County Environmental Department at (913) 715-6900 to recycle household chemicals such as oil and antifreeze. Household chemicals donated are available free of charge for others to use.
- Recycle electronics such as computers, stereos, and televisions at city organized recycle events.
- Check with your local schools and churches for programs that recycle ink cartridges, cell phones, aluminum and newspapers.
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