You should save those silica gel packets that come with your purchases. Here's why
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Those free packets might buy you time.
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50 Uses for Silica Gel Packets - Happy Mothering
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Silica Gel Packets + 50 Surprising Ways to Use Them
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Don't throw them out! This is what you can do with those gel sachets that come in your shoe box
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Understanding Desiccants: Function & Types - Edco Supply Co
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Silica gel packets have this handy use, don't throw them away
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What To Do With Your Silica Packets – Sustainably Motivated
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What is Silica Gel? Definition, Uses, & Safety Information
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Don't throw away silica gel bags that come with new buys – they rescue everything from leather clothes to drowned phones
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Silica Gel Packets + 50 Surprising Ways to Use Them
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What Would Happen If You Accidentally Ate A Silica Gel Packet?
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Silica Gel Packets for Safer Model Storage - 20g, 30 pack – Triple Mountain Model Horses
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Woman explains why you shouldn't throw out packets of little beads when you make a new purchase