Wednesday may be your best time to stock up on the least expensive organic fruits and veggies. Supermarkets traditionally release circulars and sale prices on Tuesday nights for sales that start the following day. When store managers check inventory on Tuesdays and mark down prices on sale items, they also note which perishables need to sell. Overstocked items -- like organic produce -- are often marked down to diminish their overstock. If you combine manufacturer coupons with these sale prices, you’ll save even more on Wednesday.

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When moving to a new home, one of the more delicate items that needs to be wrapped up securely is a television. Purchasing the cardboard box, wrapping and other packing materials needed can not only be expensive, it’s also wasteful, since you will end up discarding them. Since there is a good chance someone in your neighborhood is purchasing a new TV, ask around for their old box and packing materials. It may securely hold your TV, and it’ll be absolutely free to obtain; plus, you’re reusing packaging that was likely destined for the landfill.

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When shopping for party goods, you may be tempted to get something marketed as “biodegradable” balloons. The reality is these latex balloons may degrade, but it can take up to four years for them to degrade completely. In those four years, the small pieces of latex can still end up as “food” ingested by wildlife. And if these balloons were released with strings attached, the nylon ribbon string can tangle and strangle animals, too. The solution? No balloon is the right solution for a party, especially when so many other greener and cleaner options exist.

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