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.
Check back often, there are more giveaways coming this week.
1. Dog fur over 2 inch can be spun into dog-yarn.
2. plastic bags can be cut into plarn to knit with into reusable tote bags.
3. the cloths to wash your face / take off make-up have a second life as wash cloth and wipe-cloth until they are so soft and thin then they become stuffing in handmade toys.
4. old cloths can be cut into quilt squares / sewn into totes / purses / given to others
5. Paper rolls cna be filled with lint to make fire starters.
6.non-meat product food can be compost
7. fresh Corn cobs / old bread / make for great doggie chew toys.
8. Know you will be bring part of your restaurant food home – carry a plastic compartment with you.
9. A LOT of your trash can be used in crafts. Toys. Planters. EXP toilet rolls are great as plant starters. Bury it with new plant.
10. Plastic liter bottles can be turned upside down, buried 1/3 in a large planter, hole in top to fill with water and you have a self-watering devise that is great to figure out if plant is OK or needs more water.
Have fun.
thanks for asking.
Just be creative. Or find out what groups can use which trash to make treasures. Disabled groups. Ask what they need. Be part of the solution.
TESL 283 at yahoo dot com
Rubber bands…they are good for all the normal stuff (like keeping things together) BUT they are also good for keeping your fishing bait ON the hook when you are fishing! Just cut off a little piece of rubber band and put it on the hook after you put the bait on…and it’ll keep that bait from slipping off all the time! Hey..bait’s expensive sometimes…so why not use a rubber band to make it last a little longer?!
I keep a huge pile of clean wash clothes in the dining room sideboard drawer. I use all white – using all one color is a good idea – you can wash them all together and you know what they are. We use them for everyday napkins. I keep a mini-laundry-basket in the kitchen for the dirty ones. It’s a wicker basket that cost a quarter at the thrift. For company we use regular cloth napkins. I use the cheap thin dollar-store type colored wash clothes for cleaning and for dishrags. I rarely buy paper towels. One roll lasts me a few months. I never buy paper throwaway napkins.
Yogurt containers make great seed starting holders.
Eggshells and coffee grinds are great for compost.
Those partner-less socks make great puppets AND dust rags (put your hand inside and start dusting)
Ripped up Pantyhose make great strainers (after being washed, of course)
Most of my other ideas have already been taken.
coffee cans make great drawer organizers.
I reuse everything possible or recycle. Plastic bags are used for waste containers or I use plastic containers from sour cream, etc. to freeze individual portions.
Almost everything in my house is reused. We don’t throw out any clothing or household items. I have a garage sale every year. Things that I no longer use or want can be a blessing to somone else. I also give freely after the garage sale to the Salvation Army, or similar organization. I buy bags of soft cover books at my public library. I usually go on the last day of their bi-annual sale and can get a bag of books for $2.00. After I read them I put them out at my garage sale. I get passed on magazines from a friend at work, when I’m done with them the go my public library for their magazine exchange.
I try to do my part.
A lemon is great in my tea or water and wonderful to clean my garbage disposal!
Thanks!
We carefully resealed cereal boxes, cake mix boxes, and washed out plastic margarine containers etc. for use for playing. My daughter had a “store” then that she could play in, and we would buy groceries and other things from her, teaching her money skills (with Monopoly money of course),and change made from aluminum foil.
I use my individual plastic yogurt cups for starter plant pots. Just poke a few holes in the bottom with an ice pick. When I’m completely done with the cups, then they are also recyclable!
Use news paper for wasing windows. it leaves a streak free shine.
I reuse a few things, but the two most notable are:
Plastic grocery bags: used as lunch bags, school bags anything bags, until they start to tear. Then I cut them into strips and make new bags out of them.
CDs/DVDs: Oops disks and the junk from magazines and the mail make up the bulk of our coasters.
I use large dog food and wild bird sacks instead of trash bags when I have them.
The large plastic bags from water softener salt make great containers for recycling glass and plastic. The are big and very strong.
The small snap lid containers my Accucheck sticks come in make great containers for small beads if you do that type of handwork.
When our cedar fence had to be replaced I used the good boards to make bird houses. I even reused the nails.
i reuse plastic grocery bags as garbage bags.
Recently on my blog I turned old crayons and babyfood jars into candles, and an old stuffed animal with it’s head ripped of into a cool pirate hand puppet!
I donate my plastic grocery bags to the Hospital thrift shop.
When brushing my teeth, I only run the water when I rinse.
I have a large barrel outside to collect rainwater that I use to water my garden.
If I have to water my lawn, I only water in the morning so that it does not evaporate in the heat of the day.
If my milk has passed the expiration date, I pour it in my potted house plants – they love it
I like to use egg cartons for garden seed starter pots.
Lots of great tips here…thanks!
I use a doctor to mow my yard after he’s finished working for the day.
No?
Okay, then, we use our grass clippings as mulch in the flower beds to keep weeds down and hold in moisture.
Awesome idea for multiple uses, everyone! Keep them coming. Next week I’ll do a giant list featuring your tips.
Thanks so much for your awesome participation.
- Deb
When I stop for my Starbuck’s coffee, I ask them for a bag of coffee grounds. They give these to customers for free. When I get home, I place the grounds around my plants and when I water or it rains, the plants get extra nutrition.
Squeezeable mustard containers make great glue containers for kids.
Containers from butter/margarine or plastic pudding containers make great planters. Decorating them and planting seeds is also a great project for kids.
Cats are good for catching mice
and cuddling.
nice
Our old T-shirts get two uses. The image part is carefully cut out, and is used as a cloth napkin (so we can continue to enjoy the slogan or picture). The rest is torn up into cleaning rags.
use a low flow showerhead
I fill up empty milk and juice bottles with water and freeze. Helps my freezer be more energy efficient and we are ready when it is time to ice something down!
I tear out those perfume samples in the magazines and put them in the dresser drawers its just like putting in perfume. All the clothes smell wonderful and it’s cheap…
My daughter told me this morning that another thing you could use a bottle for is to hit someone in the head if they are being bad. Probably if they are not recycling you should do that.
I don’t know if this counts, but I throw my hair from my brushes outside in the spring for birds to use in their nests!
Orange peels in the winter for water on top of the woodstove,it creates a nice smell and puts humidity in the air
Years before the plastic containers for leftovers, etc. I used the tub oleo containers for leftovers. I do save the outer plastic bags some breads come in for bread coating chicken, etc.
The Chinese place here serves the take-out combos in these flat stackable containers. I save them and use them at holidays to send leftovers with relatives and they end up keeping the containers because they’re perfect size to dish up a pre-made meal and store it in the refrigerator.
Similac (or any formula brand) cans make great little banks. I cut a slit (not a hole) in the top large enough to tuck a folded dollar in it and underneath the label is just shiny silver. We use these for my daughter’s money we save up for her. The lids come off easily and stays on tightly so she can’t shake it apart and send money flying into oblivion.
I really need this. My bosses are so cheap! The light in the bathroom has been burned out for 2 weeks now…I took a flashlight in there today!
Environmentally Friendly Light Bulbs
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
I recycle everything possible and try to reuse whatever I can!!
I open all shades in the house to allow sunlight in and don’t turn on the lights until it is necessary!!
We take dryer lint and put it in small plastic container that 35mm film comes in and pour some melted wax in with it with a small wick. We use them to start a fire when camping.
I reuse all containers instead of buying plastic ware at the store
More drywall bucket ideas…
Worm bucket or minnow bucket for fishing… or carrying the caught fish.
Worm bin for vermicomposting (is that how it’s spelled?)
Next to the washing machine to hold lint to put out for the birds (I save my lint and throw it out into the garden, which looks weird, but not as weird as when the kids hung it in all the trees).
Fill the buckets with sand to hold up tiki torches for a summer party.
It’s getting harder to think up more.
Forgot my favorite one. The tops from various packages like Pringles and Crystal Light make excellent spoon rests. Keeps the messes of the counter.
We chose to get our young son a tortoise as a pet because first, he thought it was cool, second, he was ready to learn about responsibility, and third, because we could feed it all our scrap fruits and veggiees!
we just used newspaper in our flower beds saturday…ummm lets see.
1. i save my sons baby food containers the newer plastic kind. i use them in my luch for salad dressing…
2. my duaghter uses toilet paper/paper towel rolls as a parascope and plays pirates…
3. i save country crock containers for leftovers
4. hubby uses the kids old recieving blankets for wax rags for the car
5. old tee shirts for dusting rags
We recycle everything! We use reusable shopping bags, conserve water, eat and use organic products. Enter me please.
i use dryer sheets to dust – after they’ve been through a dryer cycle
Glass jars can hold a multitude of items.
Egg cartons for paint containers.
Instead of buy a gift bag for giving someone a present, use a re-usable grocery bag, they cost about the same and now they get two gifts
Empty toilet rolls covered with scraps of cloth and embellishments for dolls.
Olive oil and lemon make a great marinade, or great on fish.
Also wonderful furniture polish!