For decades the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold with law enforcement

seemingly powerless to intervene.

It uses terror to extort people.

But the murder of Carmie Galante marked the beginning of the end.

It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.

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Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is that many single-use items aren't nearly as disposable as you think.

By thinking about how you use things, you might be able to extend the life of objects that would otherwise quickly wind up in the trash.

So when I am out and about in the world, I tend to take a disposable plastic water bottle with me. Now perhaps that seems wasteful, but here's the deal. I don't really care at all about what kind of water is in the bottle. I am 100% okay with tap water.

So, after I finish whatever water was originally in my plastic water bottle, I refill it with tap water.

I might do this a dozen times or more, just making sure to rinse the bottle in between uses.

Theoretically it might be more sustainable to use a refillable water bottle,

but I've noticed that lots of people seem to buy whatever water bottle is hip in the moment.

I am pretty sure that a new Stanley every month does not come out ahead of what I've been doing.

It turns out that plastic water bottles don't actually need to be as disposable as you think. Same with many items. Perhaps it is a cliche that someone is so cheap that they

reuse their aluminum foil but if you only wrap something dry and not all that

messy, why not? Same with Ziploc bags.

It's one thing if you put a messy peanut butter sandwich in there.

But if you had pretzels at lunch today,

you could use the same baggie for your pretzels for lunch tomorrow, and the next day too.

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