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7 Ways to Reduce Household Waste

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You can also freeze homemade meals, including soups, casseroles and other items. Before you get rid of items that are still in usable condition, consider trying to sell them, or give them to a thrift store. When Buying Electronics, Choose Rechargeable Items. Rather than throwing out the excess, you can save it for a later meal.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

On Halloween we did a trick for our treat inside of a neighbors house, without our parents around and got homemade goodies to eat as a treat. Kids did chores and not all of them were ‘safe’ My brother mowed the lawn with a homemade electric lawnmower. Most cars did not have radios, non had any other kind of electronics.

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