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.

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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.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 9, 2011

Today, I am going to share with you 8 ways you can recycle, reduce, and reuse. When you are working on a home renovation, buy your screws, nails, and other bits out of the bins and not those packaged in boxes. Reuse what you can. We also save containers from items and reuse them for storage at a later time.

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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. The only drawback to using grocery bags is that they are not insulated, so if you need to keep something cold, they are not going to work. Some recycling centers will recycle these bags as well.

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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.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Living eco-friendly is of top priority in our house and so I thought I would share with you some of the things we do to work with mother nature. They work great for going to the gym, out running errands, and camping. They work really well in cold water and get your clothes just as clean. Use recycled toilet pape r.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We drive to work in cars that idle in long lines of traffic causing large amounts of pollution to enter the atmosphere. Do they recycle? Do they use recycled products? Donate $1 or $2 towards the cause. Recycle, recycle, recycle. Also, be sure to buy recycled products like toilet paper.

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