Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 17, 2012
You can even save a few plastic grocery bags and reuse them at your local farmer’s market or grocery store. Clothing Bags If you donate clothing to your local thrift stores , then these bags can help you out. Many times, people use trash bags to transport used clothing, but grocery bags will work as well.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 14, 2015
Recycling is great for the environment and we should all be doing it (in spite of my title), but reusing is even better. When you can reuse or re-purpose an item, you are not only saving it from the landfills, but you are also saving the expense and energy which would have been expended when you recycle. Old clothing parts.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 9, 2011
Did you know that Americans dispose more than 700 billion pounds of paper, plastic, glass, wood, food, metal, clothing, electronics, etc. Today, I am going to share with you 8 ways you can recycle, reduce, and reuse. Reuse what you can. In our house, we use rags for cleaning, cloth napkins, and washable dish cloths.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 26, 2013
When we want the cheapest clothes possible, our buying decisions have a negative effect on those people manufacturing those products for us. On the flip side, sometimes even the most expensive clothes are not produced in factories with conditions any better. Let’s take a look. TOMS Shoes. Everyone needs shoes, right? Check them out.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 17, 2014
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. Sports Equipment.
Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 2, 2022
I like to reuse them for lunches/snacks. I also pulled out all of our colder-weather clothing and packed away our summer stuff. I donated the pop-tarts to a food pantry and I’ll save the apple pie for Thanksgiving. Plasma donation: $47. For more info, read: My Honest Review: I donated plasma to earn money!
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Yet, when people in the community come to ask for donations for the needy, the narrator’s mother does not hesitate to give away some of her few remaining canned goods. Yet, how can you continue to donate to charity if you don’t have enough money yourself, or if you have enough, but nothing extra to spare? Donate Your Time.
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