To even further reduce your plastic consumption, use cloth or muslin bags for your bulk items.

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The bulk of the items purchased under this sale is scheduled for delivery in 1990.

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Few people actually want the bulk of the items that come through their mailbox these days.

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When stolen in bulk, these items can have a big financial impact.

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Right now e-commerce is fine for bulk-buying discounted items or something you can't get close to home.

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Mexican immigrants running flea markets in the area routinely roll up their trucks to buy up clothes, furniture, gadgets and other items in bulk.

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Saving 30 to 50pct buying in bulk replenish-able items from toothpaste to soup or whatever I use a lot of is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere.

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And most limit their announced sales to smaller items that lend themselves to bulk inventory that need to be cleared out.

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Unlike other recycling centers where you have to feed items into a machine one by one, self-contained Reimagine units accept bottles and cans in bulk.

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