Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 17, 2014
Ah, recycling. 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. Let’s take a look at a few items you may not have known were recyclable. Your Old Car.
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. Two liter soda bottles.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 11, 2016
Often older cloth furniture retains the smells from its prior life. Furniture with cloth components can also harbor things you don’t want to even think about. If you have ever hung your clothing on a line to dry, you know that sheets dried outside generally smell wonderful! Dealing with smaller cloth items.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 2, 2012
Earning from trash through recycling is a great way to earn some extra cash and help save the environment at the same time. Excess trash has been a common problem of all societies for decades, and recycling is a way to transform trash into something useful. However, you might not know that there are ways to earn while recycling them.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 2, 2011
Re-use, recycle or re-sell. So instead of just dumping the lot, categorize your clutter into things that can be recycled, things that can be given away and things that can be sold on. Baking soda is another great ingredient to get rid of grime that can be used as either a scrubbing agent or even as a drain cleaner.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
They work really well in cold water and get your clothes just as clean. We make our own using a few simple ingredients of washing soda , soap flakes, and borax. 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.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 16, 2013
Think about what goes in to a bagged lunch: paper bags, plastic bags, aluminum foil, styrofoam, napkins, waxed paper, disposable forks, knives, and spoons, juice boxes, soda cans, etc. Cloth napkins. Unfortunately, all those bags and disposable products leave behind a ton of waste over the course of a year, too.
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