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Travel-size toiletries and storage containers add up quickly, especially if you’re buying them often.

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Resourceful traveler shares brilliant hack using old food jars: 'Intended audience reached'

A self-checkout station with a pineapple in the background.

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Officials implement ban on common grocery store item that will force customers to rethink shopping habits

A pile of empty toilet paper rolls in various shades of brown and white.

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Gardener reveals genius reason he never throws away toilet paper tubes: 'On my way to try this right now'

Statistics have shown that Edmonton's ban on single-use plastics for takeout has had a remarkable impact.

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Officials surprised by impact on customer habits after ban on common grocery store item

Turkey is taking a page out of the European Union's playbook with new regulation aimed to dramatically cut down on single-use plastics.

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Officials move to ban common grocery store item that will force customers to rethink shopping habits

"How … how didn't anyone come to it earlier?"

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Man sparks debate after posting 'genius' hack for silica gel packets

"Omg, thank you."

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Woman reveals unusual benefit of keeping silica gel packets

This hack comes courtesy of Andre the Farmer, who posted a quick TikTok showing how silica gel packs can keep seeds fresh.

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Man shares clever hack using silica gel packets: 'Everybody gets these'

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FDA announces recall for hundreds of thousands of bottles of water: 'May cause … adverse health consequences'

One viral TikTok shows how to use leftover toilet paper rolls to start an indoor garden.

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Gardener shares genius hack using old toilet paper rolls: 'I did this last year'

Discover how to make a stylish DIY light fixture using recycled pill bottles in this fun crafting project.

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Woman shows off creative alternative for empty pill bottles: 'This is really cool'

One resourceful artist found a clever way to repurpose their used pill packets as mini painting palettes.

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Artist shares photo of clever hack using old pill packaging: 'That's genius'