The Frugal Girl
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
You can freeze food in glass jars! Which is a me problem, not a freezing-food-in-glass-jars problem. I know we are all rather terrified of causing glass breakage…that’s a messy problem, and it also results in food waste because WHO is going to try to eat food that might have glass shards in it?
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. Plastic trash bags.
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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. Call to Action Do you reuse your grocery bags? Leave them in your car, your spouse’s car, the house, and anywhere else you think you might need them. They are useful carry bags in general.
Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 19, 2011
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.
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. Today, I am going to share with you 8 ways you can recycle, reduce, and reuse. Reuse what you can. We also save containers from items and reuse them for storage at a later time.
Couponing 101
JANUARY 17, 2012
You can rinse them out and reuse them to store or freeze other foods! Daily Frugal Tip: Reuse Shredded Cheese Bags is a post from Couponing 101. Don’t throw out those empty shredded cheese bags! The plastic is thick (like freezer bags) and has a good quality zip seal. Why buy new when you don’t have to?
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
We also used the 40 year old burnt orange coffee pot to make coffee that day as well as the 20 year old ice chest and 25 year old rain ponchos from the local amusement park, old plastic forks and spoons, unused condiment packages from fast food restaurant stops and plastic tablecloths used at last years wedding shower. Containers.
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