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12 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s been around forever in one form another, whether back when your grandmother reused glass bottles for canning or in 2014 when a truck comes around to pick up all those empty soda cans you put out at the end of your driveway. Just Google “donate my car” and find a company near you. Ah, recycling. Eyeglasses. Your Wardrobe.

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Am I Frugal – or Cheap?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I use old casual office clothes to work around the house. I have a closet full of work clothes I wore to the office for 20 years, mostly casual slacks and blouses. Now I need gardening, housework and other casual type clothing. I hate buying clothes new. I wash my dry cleanable clothing by hand and line dry it.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I have a rule now that if I want to buy a book, I need to donate one. Makeup, nail polish, and clothes. I haven’t worn makeup in about twenty years or so, I can’t remember the last time I painted my nails, and I detest shopping for clothes. But I had to SHOP for clothes. Cloth diapering.

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