We drag our suitcases, carry-on bags and backpacks all over the country (or world) when we travel, and when we get home, we wash all of our clothes but don't think twice about the actual bag. One of the easiest ways to give bed bugs a free ride into your home is through your luggage. Try this simple trick to see if your bags have bed bugs: Blow a hot hair dryer all over it. Use slow and steady motions to blow hot air along the edges and corners of the bag. Since bed bugs do not like heat, they will show themselves. If you see them, take steps to fully disinfect your bag outside of the home before bringing it back indoors.

Despite the ecological lessons we've learned about plastic bottled water, it's still growing in popularity, with sales skyrocketing across the country. Only a small percentage of plastic bottles are actually recycled, and it's not necessarily better for you to drink bottled water, either. If you're unsure about making the switch to drinking filtered tap water, maybe this other green fact will change your mind: You'll save about $1,400 a year by ditching bottled water. Move to tap water, and you'll spend less than $1 for the whole year's worth of drinking water. Make 2015 the year to go bottleless.

Many of us like to buy suet balls or birdseed encapsulated in mesh bags, which helps keep the birdseed together when you hang it outside. While our feathered friends can get a healthy meal or snack from these, there is also a chance they can get entangled in the mesh. When the suet or bird food gets low, it creates air pockets around the mesh bag. This can lead to birds digging deeper into the bag, which can lead to their legs and beaks getting trapped and entangled. Stick with traditional methods that involve loose feed instead.