Recycling stuff makes you feel like you're doing something to care for your planet. Here's one that involves the recycling of two commonly-used products and keeping things neat and tidy:

You've already found a ton of uses for plastic grocery bags, from lining waste baskets to throwing out disposable diapers to holding your cleaning rags to picking up after your dog when you take him for a walk. But are these plastic bags spilling out of the cabinets where you stash them? Start saving your empty Kleenex boxes to store and dispense them. You can squeeze a lot of plastic grocery bags into a small square Kleenex box, and even more in the larger, rectangular boxes.

Here are a whole list of amazing uses for Dawn dish washing solution. For the full run-down, go to One Good Thing by Jillee. Her list includes saving wildlife, making bubbles, shampooing greasy hair, softening cuticles, repelling houseplant insects, bathing the dog, cleaning windows (use only 3 drops in a gallon of warm water), lubricating hinges, cleaning the driveway, controlling aphids, treating poison ivy, unclogging the toilet, and making an ice pack. To remove heavy grease or paint from hands, mix it with corn oil and rub away. Mix it with vinegar to clean the shower (no vinegar on stone showers). All of this without harsh, expensive chemicals! Thanks, Jill!