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8 Easy Ways to Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. For example, if we buy ice cream in a tub, I save the tub to freeze homemade stock at a later date.

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How We Frugal-ed in August 2022

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I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to not only help us get through current higher food and gas prices but also to help us achieve our big financial goals. As you can see from a recent night, we had PLENTY of food for dinner. Homemade Roasted Tomato Sauce. My Frugal Shenanigans! FREE Shredding!

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How to Make Homemade Bubble Solution: 3 Easy Ingredients for Bubble Fun!

Saving Cents With Sense

How to Make Homemade Bubble Solution. Making your own bubbles couldn’t be easier and since my kids LOVE bubbles, this is truly a good thing because with just a few simple ingredients we can make homemade bubble solution and enjoy hours of fun. Homemade Bubble Solution Recipes I tried. Why not have fun while you are learning! :).

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Reusing Glass Jars | Kitchen Economics

Family Balance Sheet

I have a grandmother who would never dream of buying containers to store leftovers or food for the freezer. She has always reused food containers, such as glass pickle jars or plastic cool-whip and sherbert containers, so I am not quite sure how or why I got started buying plastic food storage containers. Thanks for reading.

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7 Ways to Reduce Household Waste

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

From food waste to packaging to disposable items, there are a lot of resources being used by humans. If you find yourself throwing out a lot of food, you can remedy the problem by shopping with a list. Preserve Some of Your Food. Another way to prevent waste is to preserve some of your food. Nor is it healthy. Go Green'

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How to Have a Green Christmas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In a similar way, buying organic local produce from farmers’ markets will cut down on the food miles and CO 2 emissions. Buying from farmers’ markets also means fresher food that’s pretty much straight from the field onto your plate! Or you could make homemade ‘edibles’ – a favourite cake or luxury biscuits for a special treat.

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Saving Money by Taking Your Own Lunches to Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

By making your own lunch, you can cut this figure quite considerably, especially if you recycle leftovers from the night before so that you’re cutting down on food wastage. No matter how much you like certain foods, you don’t want to be eating them all the time. It’s more environmentally friendly. Staying Motivated.

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