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Just swapping one thing you use every day for an eco-friendly product has major benefits. It not only helps save the planet, but it can also save you major cash.

Watch the video above to check out a few of these products in action!

Here are some links and some information on each product:

ZipTop Reusable Bags: Rather than using a plastic sandwich or storage bag and throwing it away after one use, try one of these. They’re made of silicone and are extremely durable. Because of the flat bottom, they’re even easier to fill up than a disposable plastic bag. The company says one ZipTop can replace more than 5,000 disposable plastic bags. We bought one for $13 but they often go on sale. They also come in a variety of sizes and packs. Click here to purchase one for yourself.

Reusable Swabs: No matter what they’re made of, one-time-use disposable cotton swabs are bad for the environment. We found sustainable swabs that can be used for anything, from makeup to cleaning your ears. After you use it, wash it with soap and warm water to be used again. Many companies make these but here are two of our favorites we found. Pampoo sells a set of four bamboo and silicone swabs for $9. LastSwab has a pack of two for $13 and portable carrying that you can purchase as well.

Electricity Usage Monitor: Even when your devices aren’t on, they still could be sucking energy from your house. That means it’s costing you money and wasting electricity, which doesn’t help the environment. Experts say devices that still need signals to turn on and function account for about 10% of your electricity bill when they’re turned off. What devices are the worst? Televisions, video game consoles, microwaves, air conditioners, electric toothbrushes, a plugged-in laptop, and even a phone charger.

Use an electricity usage monitor around your house to find the devices sucking up power. We used this one from Amazon and it only cost us $23 but there are plenty of monitors out there to choose from. The big lesson: when you’re leaving for vacation or a long weekend, unplug those devices to save you money and save the planet.

Below are more eco-friendly, money-saving products we’ve tested before:

Wool dryer balls: Dryer sheets might smell nice, but environmentalists say we should skip this step in the laundry process. Chemicals used to make them, get released from the heat of the dryer. Those chemicals pollute the air we breathe and the sheets themselves stick around in landfills for decades. They also waste your money because they can only be used once.

Wool dryer balls are better for the environment and your wallet. They naturally soften your clothes without the chemicals. Experts say they reduce your drying time by 20-30% because the balls improve airflow in the dryer while absorbing moisture. Dryer balls can also be reused for up to 1,000 loads of laundry.

We bought a set of six on Amazon for $18 but they constantly go on sale. We've also seen similar wool dryer balls in the laundry aisles of big-box retailers.

Makeup eraser towel: Millions of makeup wipes are tossed into the landfill every day — and it takes over 100 years for them to break down. Again, disposable makeup wipes are one-and-done, which means you’re having to buy new packs often.

Instead, swap wipes out for a makeup eraser towel. To use it, you wet the towel with warm water and wipe down your face. To clean the towel, you just pop it into the washing machine. If you use different sections of the towel each time, you only have to wash it one to two times a week. The towel can be used more than 3,600 times and lasts up to five years.

We bought the MakeUp Eraser on Amazon for $20, but it often goes on sale. There are also other options as well. The company says that for every product bought during the month of April, it will plant a tree across the country.

Beeswax food wraps: You can only use plastic wrap once. Once you take it off your food or a container, it sticks together and has to be tossed. Plastic wrap then sits in landfills for hundreds of years. Beeswax wraps are a good alternative because they can be reused for up to a year.

Using the heat of your hand, you can seal the wraps to anything. For care, all you have to do is wash them with eco-friendly soap. We bought a pack of six wraps (of all different sizes) for just $28.

The pack we bought is currently sold out on Amazon, but we have you covered with other links too: A 7-pack from HunnyBee for $20 and a 3-pack from Bee’s Wrap for $15.

Bamboo towels: We waste billions of dollars on paper towels every year, which are also one-time use. One roll of these reusable bamboo towels replaces 60 conventional paper towel rolls. That’s up to 6 months of paper towels.

One sheet can be used up to 120 times before you have to pitch it. After using it, you can either hand wash it or toss it in the washing machine with the rest of your laundry. The bamboo material is also eco-friendly. We bought one roll for $9.

Battery charger and rechargeable batteries: When batteries sit in landfills, they corrode, and the chemicals soak into the soil and can contaminate groundwater. Plus, we waste hundreds of dollars on batteries. You can save money by using rechargeable batteries. We picked up batteries and their charger for about $42. The batteries can be fully charged in under an hour and will last up to five years.

If you haven't made the switch to rechargeable batteries, regular batteries still need to be recycled. Many electronic retailers usually have a recycle bin or bucket where you drop them in. You could also check in with your municipality building to see if batteries can be recycled there.

Energizer has a map that lets you plug in your zip code and look for recycling locations by you. Here are some dos and don’ts from Duracell on how to recycle batteries as well.

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