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I’m going to go ahead and guess that when you think about a plunger, two words that do NOT come to mind are CLEAN and DRY. Plunging your toilet is a messy affair, and I don’t know about you, but I’m always confused about how best to clean the plunger after using it. Do I rinse it off in the tub (ew!)? Take it to the bathroom sink (double ew!)? Just put it back on the floor (triple ew!)? I typically rinse it, but is running water over it really enough to get rid of the nasty germs clinging to it? I seriously doubt it.

Rubbermaid, in all its clever-ness, has come out with a revolutionary new plunger that removes all of these problems while still effectively handling your plumbing issues. It’s called the Clean & Dry Plunger and it actually repels water from its surface, leaving you with a clean plunger after use (can you believe it?!). The special coating on the product is good for thousands of uses, too.

It is important to remember that oil from human hands can degrade the coating, so remember to always hold the plunger by the handle, only!

So…does all this sound just a bit too good to be true? Are you thinking that there’s no way it would really and truly repel liquids? Well then, check out this 18 second video and prepare to be amazed!

The Clean & Dry Plunger is available online for $12.99. The online shop also has a resource where you can find your nearest retail seller, as well!

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

We are currently in the process of moving from one house in our beloved neighborhood to another. We are excited to be getting about 150 more square feet of living space, and an additional bedroom for our second daughter (who will be here in just a few weeks!). The house, overall, is just great.

Except for the kitchen. We are remodeling it so that we can make the most of the space. The TEENY TINY SPACE. Oh heavens it is a small kitchen! This wouldn’t be so bad if we didn’t cook so much. Tim comes home for lunch every day, and we rarely eat out, so we seriously use it 3 meals a day, 7 days a week.

As we have been working on the remodeling plan, it has been of the essence that every single square foot of this room be used very well. We are working hard to maximize the space. Some elements of this include good design. Other elements include good organizational products.

Which is why we have turned to Rubbermaid to help us keep our recycling area functioning well in this new space. In our old kitchen we had the floor space to simply put a bin our for recycling to go in. It wasn’t pretty (in fact, I really hated how it made the room look so, well, TRASHY). But it worked. In this new kitchen, there is absolutely no room for that; we needed a different plan, and we weren’t interested in simply ceasing to recycle. No way! The blessing in disguise of our situation is that I realized our recycling was going to have to be hidden, somehow. It would be tricky to figure out, but it sure would look a lot better!

Rubbermaid has just introduced a new product called the Hidden Recycler, and it is absolutely perfect to meet our needs.

This will easily be tucked away under one of our cabinets, and is the size of 5 gallons. It is large enough to hold 1 gallon jugs! When it gets full, just pick it up by its convenient handle and take it out to your outdoor recycling bin. Easy! The bag itself has a leak-proof liner and is washable. The bag is also made of soft material, so if it needs to squish up a bit against other items in your cabinet, that’s no problem.

I think this is a spectacular product, especially for those of us with limited space in the kitchen, or who simply want our recycling to be kept out of sight! It retails for just $15.99. You can purchase it at Rubbermaid.com or at Meijer stores across the nation.

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