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Buy One Quality Item vs. a Hundred Disposable Ones
A tip from Philby of Philby's Finance: Spend a little bit more cash on a well-made product, rather than repeatedly shelling out for its cheap, short-lived counterpart-this goes for everything from electronics to clothing. "Part of the problem is that the cost of disposable items has decreased so much that it's often...
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Triple Your Refrigerator's Lifespan
Collin previously covered the specifics of when you should repair your fridge and when you should just chuck it in favor of a newer, shinier model, but you can still stretch out the lifespan of your existing setup with a few easy tricks, according to the editors of Mother Earth News.Be careful of sharp objects: On older
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Get Recession Ready: Learn the 4th R, Repair
Now that things are tight, it is time to start making the things we own last longer rather than simply throwing them out and replacing them. It is not as easy as it used to be but it isn't impossible. There are a lot of online resources that Handyman Dave didn't have. The Red Ferret shows us a few.
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8 Ways to Make Your Clothing Last
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Fix It Tips for Common Gadgets
Gadgets almost seem disposable these days. Every time we turn around there's a new and improved version of what we already have. However, ditching the old gadgets mean creating a lot of toxic e-waste. You can have a valuable impact on the environment just by keeping your cell phone, computer, palm pilot and other devices a few extra years.
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6 Ways to Extend the Life of Your Tools
Tools are why we have civilization. One rock sharpened against another becomes a knife. Two rocks banged together made fire. A rock and a stick makes a spear or a hammer. The pulley, the inclined plane, the lever, the wheel and the wedge, these simple machines have been used to build computers and skyscrapers. We need to respect our tools. We can do this by making sure that they live a long, well-cared-for life.
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5 Electric Razor Maintenance Tips
Electric razors are a green way to shave. They are not as green as a straight razor, cause they use electricity and create some trash, but they don't generate the trash-boatload that disposable razors do. Make sure your razor is as green as possible with these tips.
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7 Ways to Make Your Gadgets Last
Computers are replaced at nearly the same rate even though it is often simple to make upgrades. Because of the way we have been taught to replace the old with new, many people have never learned how to do simple repairs to electronics, opting instead to replace them.
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Repairs
Keep your goods (and would-be-bads) out of the dump by learning some simple repairs. Check out the Planet Green Repairs Archives.
