Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 10, 2011

This isn’t a big problem if excess food from one meal is recycled as meals or snacks in the following days, but you need to rethink your portion control if it’s just going straight in the bin. Get creative with leftovers. Rather than throwing leftovers straight in the bin, think about how you can incorporate them into a meal.

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Food Leftovers Bulk Meals 239

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 16, 2013

For example, most leftover food scraps can even be composted ( other than meat, of course ) so they can be brought home if a school or workplace doesn’t do composting. A washable bag or insulated tote to carry everything in. It’s quite simple, really. Of course, that’s only the financial savings.

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Lunch Lunches Reuse Compost 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 12, 2011

So instead of menu planning, buying what we need and eating it, we are buying what we feel like, cooking too much and throwing away the rest instead of eating the leftovers. A car is a perfect example; once driven off the lot, the value drops by $10,000 on many models. Learn to reduce, reuse recycle everything.

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Saving Money Money Reuse Home and Garden 220

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Use leftover cereal as ice cream toppings. Consider wrapping presents in recycled paper and let your kids decorate the outside! For example, save your mint tins, to store small nick-knacks or hair ties and tissue boxes for plastic bags! 10 Lucky Readers will win 9 full value Tony’s Coupons.

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Giveaway Pizza Kids and Family Video Games 78

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 21, 2011

A better option to use is recyclable batteries. Recyclable batteries are much greener to produce and they can last for many years. Be sure to dispose of recyclable batteries properly. They may be great for portion control but they provide a whole lot more leftover trash than big bags. Plastic bags. Please share.

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Used Printers Recycle Recycled 140