Giveaway: Greenlite Environmentally Friendly Light Bulbs
April 23, 2008 by Deborah Ng
Filed under Contests and Giveaways
Now here’s a product I can really get behind. The Greenlite lighting company has offered three winners an environmentally friendly light bulb.
I can’t sing the praises of this product enough. Each Energy Star rated bulb may cost more at the checkout, but they last five to eleven times longer than your average 60 watter. The best part is, they only use 30% of the energy.
I screwed one of these puppies into a lamp yesterday and it works just fine. Some of the eco-friendly bulbs can be rather long and therefore hang out above or below the lamp or fixture. I like the Greenlite bulbs because they’re not too big at all. I used the 18 watt bulb and it was fine for my needs, especially since it has a 75 Watt output. In fact, I’ve slowly been replacing all my regular bulbs with those that are more environmentally friendly.
Would you like to win a Greenlite 18 watt environmentally friendly lightbulb? Here’s what you have to do…
You know how I say everything has two uses? Tell me what are some of the things you find more than one use for. For instance, newspapers are for reading, but you can also use them for mulch. My three favorite responses get the bulbs. You have until Sunday night.
Good luck! I hope you’re enjoying the Bloggy Giveaways this week! I sure enjoy bringing them to you.
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Empty boxes such as shoe boxes or cereal boxes can also be used to mail things in.
Coffee grinds are great for plants.
Yogurt cups with the seperate plastic lids are great to keep small things in like bobby pins, earrings and if you slit a hole in the top you have a piggy bank for the kids.
Those horrible “pretend” credit cards that come in the mail are fun for kids to use to pretend play with. My son actually lines them up to make a road for his Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars.
The HUGE containers that the kitty litter and cat food comes in (from the wholesale store) are great for storage and to give to the kids to put their toys in. They are great for the beach too because they have a handle and the kids can store their beach toys in them.
We compost our leftover vefegetable matter….eat what’s edible and return the rest to the earth!
Canvas bags can be used for groceries and for toting day-to-day items!
Those plastic non-recyclable boxes from store-bought cupcakes (my neighbor gets them!) double as great lunch boxes. The snap lid is very helpful. They stack well when you take more than one, too. Not only that, but they are clear and it’s easy to tell which lunch belongs to each person. It drives me nuts that they are not recyclable so my neighbor brings them over! Now if only I could get her to stop buying the cupcakes…
Drywall buckets. After doing the walls, the buckets can be used as composters, planters (for big tomato plants), garbage or recycling bins, mop or cleaning buckets, cut off the bottoms and put around the bottom of trees to keep them from being eaten by rabbits, stepstool/sitting stool, storage for petfood to keep rodents and insects out, carrying stuff from here to there, drip watering (put a couple of nail holes in and set it up to slowly drip), Get more than one and build a low table, tool buckets. Smaller spackle containers as nail buckets.
I use newspapers for cleaning windows in the house and the car. They work great! I also use vinegar and water for the cleaning solution so there as it is pollutant free.
The body of white plastic cottage cheese type containers can be cut into strips to use as seeding plant identification stakes. Use a permanent marker to lablel them. Unlike paper or cardboard they are unharmed by wet soil.
Large yogurt containers. I usually put a little wallpaper border around them. They are great for hair items, desk items and lots more. The tops I put a circle of the same wallpaper border inside and use for coasters on my desk or cork if I have some laying around and paint the sides and underside.
I would love to win this prize. I reuse newspapers to clean my glass doors and mirrors. Thanks for the chance to win.
I use paper from the paper shredder for bedding for the gerbils!
I save plastic bottle tops to 20oz drink products. I have a large collection that is currently used as a toy and for sorting lessons. It will also be used for teaching math lessons, patterns, and any other school lessons I find I need them for.
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We re-use AOL Cds in our cherry trees to keep the birds away. String two together with fishing line, shiny side out and hang so they catch the wind. They also make great medals for small kids. Just put yarn through the hole to make a necklace and decorate with craft paints.
I reuse those non-recyclable store cake containers for bake sales. They stack easily for storage and eliminate the need for baggies, saran wrap or paper plate waste.
We donate all our usable old clothes to charity. The rest are cut up for cleaning rags or knotted up for dog chew toys.
tin cans can be cleaned out, painted, or put shelf liner around them and used as a pencil cup, or as a base for an artificial flower!
This is from my 6 year old who suffers year round allergies. He uses empty tissue boxes and makes Army bases/forts for his lil’ green army guys with doors and windows.
Any plastic lid gets saved for when we do crafts for paint and glue. It rinses easy and can be used forever.
Sour cream and margarine bowls make great food storage containers.
Egg shells and coffee grounds are great for the garden.
Metal coffee cans can be made into pretty canisters if you cover with material.
Plastic shopping bags can be used as small trash can liners.
Toilet paper rolls can be made into seedling starters for garden plants if you cut in half horizontally and tape up the bottom.
Here are some we use:
Coffee grounds make a great pot of coffee then when used up also make a great fertilizer.
Coffee filters (we now have a permanent one so we need to use up the paper ones) make great cloths for cleaning windows. No lint!
Big Popcorn tins (someone always manages to get one for XMas!) make great bins for bulk food items such as flour, sugar, and rice!
I reuse plastic bags to take my lunch to work and donate ink cartridges to my mom’s school (she’s a principal) and they get money for them as they are refilled.
I reuse all plastic shopping bags that come into my house. Thanks for offering it!
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SAVE ALUMINUM CANS. HAVE YOUR NON-PROFIT GROUP ARE CHURCH SAVE CANS. THE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR THE CHARITY BENIFIT YOU ARE WORKING ON. OUR V.F.W HAS A PLACE FOR THE MEMBERS TO DROP OFF CANS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR BENIFITS. PLUS HELP RECYCLING.
I use my Florida Crystals Organic Sugar containers for storing baking soda in after the sugar is gone. I mix up baking soda and cinnamon or herbs to put on the floor before I vacuum and these were great for storing and putting it on the carpet. I store all may baking soda in them because I keep baking soda all over the house and buy it in 12 lb bags lol.
My MIL has even started doing this after watching me do it.
I use garlic powder or cloves that aren’t fresh anymore to keep bugs away from my garden, also has kept the bunny from eating my flowers.
Not sure if this counts but I use grey water for watering my flowers.
Empty tissue boxes can be used to store plastic shopping bags in so you can reuse the bags.
I reuse the bags for trash bags.
Paper bags can be used to store recycling in and the bags can be recycled most places as well.
(I have more but I will stop lol)
I try to buy food in glass jars that have good lids (or better yet that can be fit with canning lids) and re-use them for dry food storage – oats, pasta, beans, or other things I buy from bulk bins.
Brown paper that comes wadded up as packing material – I flatten and re-use to wrap packages – you know – to cover that re-used cracker or cereal box! My children have also made these into great works of art.
Cloth products get many new lives in my home – from rags (the totally tattered) to bags, torn – then knit, crocheted or braided into coasters, placemats, rugs, bags, whatever you can think of!
Word of caution on eco-friendly bulbs – do dispose of properly as many contain non-enviro friendly mercury – and for the same reason – use caution if one breaks in your home -
DO enjoy the energy savings!
I use take-out food boxes and trays from microwave meals to germinate seeds for my garden. They make great “mini greenhouses”.
I use plastic paper plates to cover my drain in the shower – why? My husband sprays the drain each morning to be sure no fire ants are collecting there. By covering the drain with an inverted paper plate, the strong smell of the spray does not penetrate into any other area.
I reuse the wipes containers for crayons or hair clips!
I re-use coffee cans for storing all manner of items – so they were good for the coffee and now they are great storage containers. I have also put contact paper on them to decorate them and used them as planters on my deck. However currently I am using large diameter drain pipe (cut into appropriate sizes), and painted for hanging planters off my deck. These are so cool — now if I could just get more sun to the area!!
i could realy use some thanks and i reuse all my butter bowles and well just about every thing in my home when you come from the hills you learn to do with what you got
did you know you can also use newspaper instead of paper towels to clean mirrors and glass. spray some vinegar and water and wipe with newspaper. there is no fuzz left over from paper towels and vinegar and water is non toxic.
I am using a pretty square tissue box with a hole in the top to hold pencils on my desk!
I reuse plastic containers & lids as saucers for underneath plants.
We reuse plastic bags and recycle them during garage sales and vacations.
You can substitute shredded or crumpled paper for styrofoam since styrofoam peanuts are petroleum-based.
A pillowcase can cover a pillow or make a little girl’s dress…
Cereal boxes (cut at a diagonal) are great for storing magazines!
More drywall bucket ideas:
Catch water when the ceiling leaks (happened)
Cut a hole in the side and put a paper target over it so that you can catch the pellets inside.
Use it to hold water when the electricity runs out so that you can pour it down the toilet and flush (happened)
Carry your vegetables into the house from the garden.
Poop bucket for collecting the good stuff when you’re on poop patrol.
store hats and gloves for the winter.
Hold water near the firepit or grill – safety reasons.
fill with ice and use as a cooler
Clean it out and fill with fruit salad for a party (maybe).
Carry ashes out of the stove or fireplace outside.
sewing basket for the rugged sewer
Carry dirt, compost, manure, etc to the garden whereever you need it.
mix and carry mortar.
Bucket to hold garden tools.
Bucket to hold kindling for the stove or fire.
I use dryer sheets after they’ve been through the dryer cycle to dust. They’re also great for soaking baked on messes in casserole dishes – the same thing that keeps dust from settling back on furniture right after you dust helps loosen the icky stuff off of dishes.
I compost the dryer lint.
I’m getting great ideas from some of the comments, but also realizing how few of the products that most people “recycle” I use in the first place (plastic bags, paper plates, etc) LOL.
So, something I do . . . my kids use the back of printer paper for their art projects. I re-use glass jars (peanut butter & such) for food storage. I compost all our (compostable) food scraps, but also when I rinse out the french press I use that water to water the house plants since the coffee grounds are good for the plants.
Coffee filters can be used for snacks, too. Cheaper than bowls.
Pick me! Thanks for the chance to win.
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Reuse the paper to clean windows and mirrors.
We made Christmas ornaments for our family this past year with the old light bulbs that we replaced with energy efficient ones.
Thanks for this giveaway.
I reuse bags when I go grocery shopping.
I reuse baggy’s
I use baking soda instead of harsh cleansers to clean in my home. I use an old parmesean cheese shaker container to put it in to shake into my sink, tub, etc.
We also recycle all paper by taking it down to a local church who has a recycling program.
We buy all our meats directly from a farm and they come in plastic ziplock bags. We wash the bags and reuse those until the little zippers break. I haven’t had to buy bags in years!
We get paper bags on the occasions that we shop at the grocer, and we use to line our garbage cans.
I use old kitchen bowls for garden slug catchers…put some beer in it at dusk and set it out, and in the morning you will have a bowl of dead slugs! This works great!
I have so many more but I don’t want to take up any more of your time! Thank you for offering such a nice, environmentally friendly prize!
household items that you don’t use, or are tired of, that are still in good condition can be donated to the local agencies responsible for setting up new living situations for families who have been victims of domestic abuse…….furniture, kitchen items, linens……..just about anything!
Shamed to sya, but we reuse the bags form the grocery store…to put our dogs’ poop in when she has accidents.
Newspapers are for reading, but they are also great for cleaning glass. Talk about streak-free!
I have a few different ones. I save and wash some of the plastic containers that salads or baked goods come in and use them to deliver food items to families that I provide meals to, so they don’t have to worry about returning plates, etc.
One time, when I was hanging a valance, I realized I didn’t have enough tissue paper to puff it out, so I used plastic shopping bags instead. It worked great.
I also reuse glass jars, like the ones canned peaches and other food products come in, to store various mixes, that I have assembled. The mixes help me to save time when I’m making dinner and the jars store easily, prevent bugs from getting in, and keep the mixes fresh.
eggshells can be used as starter pots for seeds and seedlings. just crush the egg cup slightly right before you plant it!
We use newspapers for packing material, craft stuffing, and project drop cloths.
Outgrown/worn go through a sort before they are donated. Some are turned into rags, but quite a few are used as scrap material for other clothing or base patterns.
The families old bed pillows make great stuffing for throw pillows and plumping up recovered couch cushions.
Our washer and dryer are out in the garage and tend to collect more dust and bug bits then any other item we own. Which can be somewhat blamed on the husband’s tinkering with the doors open and the lights on. I finally wised up and started using the accumulated dryer lint to dust down the machines and kill the nastier of the visiting bugs.
I like to reuse plastic diaper wipe tubs to store small toys. I’m all about containers. I can never have enough!