Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 17, 2012
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. This is much less expensive than buying the small trash bags.
Penny Pinchin' Mom
DECEMBER 17, 2023
That’s because you can’t remember the last time you saw it free of small toys, tossed around clothes, books, food wrappers, and dirty socks. Make sure it’s free of dirty clothes, books, toys, and so on. As such, it’s up to you to help your kid sort through what they need to keep, trash, and donate.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 4, 2012
Most people think clothes when they think about what a thrift shop sells, but these shops often sell a number of other things that people can use in their day to day lives. Accessories Thrift stores are great places to find clothing accessories like belts, purses, jewelry and the like. Only 2 days left.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
Learn to hem and patch and sew on buttons to repair minor issues with clothing. Learn how to remove spots and do it as soon as the clothing gets dirty. Buy good clothing, used. Avoid buying cheap clothing new. Pass down serviceable clothing from child to child. Use up your food. Plan uses for your leftovers.
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. Concentrated products often require less packaging, resulting in less energy to transport it to the store and less plastic to recycle. 7000 billion pounds!!! Having a hard time comprehending this?!
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
This saves on packaging as well as transportation because larger amounts can be shipped in one load. Donate $1 or $2 towards the cause. Plus by buying local, you are cutting down on the carbon emissions produced by food transportation. Or, buy gifts from organizations that donate proceeds to green causes.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
They work really well in cold water and get your clothes just as clean. Switch to washing your clothes in cold water. Hang your clothes to dry. Instead of drying, hang clothes on hangers and let them dry naturally. We hang all of our clothes to dry and it never takes more than one night for the clothes to fully dry out.
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