An eco-friendly fast and easy tip can come from anywhere and I have two that I want to share with you.  One comes courtesy of The Tyra Banks Show, the other from the third hour of The Today Show. Now, I know not everyone PRVed the episodes so let me share what I learned.

Model, producer, reality and talk show host Tyra Branks featured a segment on her daily talk show about easy solutions to everyday problems. Have you ever had your deodorant leave white stains on your cloths? Well there is an eco friendly solution to the problem – used dryer sheets. Yes, used dryer sheets.  Collect your used dryer sheets after they’ve been used and put them aside for safekeeping. Then all you need to do is vigorously wipe at the stain with the used dryer sheet, and it will diminish. For a quick fix keep a few in your purse or gym bag so you are never caught out in public with an unsightly stain. The best part about this tip is that you are repurposing a dryer sheet that has already gone in with your laundry; reusing is an eco-friendly concept.

Next we have NBC’s Today Show.  On the third hour, Honda Kotb and guest co-host Donny Deutsch had a segment about cleaning tips. They gave an eco-friendly remedy for how to get a mud stain out of a piece of clothing for anyone with children. All you do is remove the excess mud by scraping it off, then rub it with half of a raw potato until it has diminished and then launder. Now this is an eco-friendly tip as you can use a potato that is slightly past its prime yet still has a purpose and can then be composted – with using any harmful chemicals in the process.

They also gave other solutions to the same problem that Tyra tackled which was deodorant stains on your clothing. The Today Show suggested you could use the rubber foam from dry cleaning hangers or old pantyhose to get rid of the stain. Once again all you have to do is use either product to rub the stain out. They also recommended that you put used dryer sheet in to your shoes overnight to get rid of odors.

I hope you find these tips helpful and easy because you probably have everything around the house to fix these everyday simple problems.  Remember when you’re looking for an eco-friendly solution, think of the fourth “R” repurpose when reduce, reuse and recycle don’t fit.

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