Do you have mass amounts of paper lying around or stuck in filing cabinets? Do you buy a lot of hot drinks from coffee shops? Read on to find out ways to unclutter your paper collection and green your hot-drink-drinking habits! It is time to break out that scanner and start lugging that mug…

Unclutter your paper

This has been directly inspired by Unclutterer… Unclutterer issues that buying a Fujitsu ScanSnap is a great idea to unclutter one’s paper. It is a full duplex scanner, meaning tat it scans both sides at once, and is blazing fast and easy to use; with both mac and pc versions. I decided to bring out the ol’ scanner to do just that. Although it is a slow flatbed scanner, it get’s the job done without creating more waste (buying yet another piece of technology). Although, I hate to admit it, I would really enjoy that Fujitsu ScanSnap, and if I had the cash, I would get it.

I have been scanning old bills, cards, letters, and other items. There is no need to keep around piles of paper, I am just going to put everything in the recycling…

Other methods include getting bills sent online, do more emails than paper mail, and other methods.

Green your hot drinking Habits: Lug a Mug

Do you frequent the coffee shop, buying tea’s, hot-chocolate, coffee, and other hot beverages? It is time to lug a mug. These waxed paper cups can only be recycled in some areas, and even then, paper can only be recycled so many times until it start to degrade… It is time to stop throwing out paper mugs, but bringing your own re-usabe mug. The advantages?

1. Help the environment
2. You get more drink for your money
3. Insulation, your drink stays warmer longer
4. no more burning hands on those paper cups
5. the warm feeling you get after reaping the benefits by lugging a mug.

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-Rashid