Know Your Recyclables. There are some universal truths about how to recycle properly for your weekly garbage pick-up service. Never put plastic shopping bags, light bulbs, broken glass or food in your recycling bins and only recycle plastics that are labeled as a "1" or "2". Most services do not take plastics labeled with higher numbers. X...X...XReduce Pests the Natural Way. Use nature's best pesticide by inviting birds, bugs and bats to combat unwanted insects. Install birdhouses for feathered friends who eat beetles and grubs. Bring in a few Praying Mantises to munch on aphids. Attract bats and toads, which love to dine on mosquitoes, with "houses" made from overturned flowerpots.X...X...XBuy Recycled Paper. When possible, purchase recycled paper products. Producing one ton of paper from recycled stock can save up to 17 trees and will use 50 percent less water than making paper from virgin fiber.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.)
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