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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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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Go Green This Halloween

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We do put up decorations (ones I buy at garage sales or thrift stores and reuse each year). Tip # 2 Recycle/reuse costumes. Search the attic, the backs of the closets, the garage and see what inspiration presents. Like me, buy them used and then reuse them each year. Free Kids Crafts has some ideas.

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Would You Live in the Past for Peace of Mind and Financial Well-Being?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You’ll reuse items to avoid buying new ones, which keep more items out of the landfills. Living a Frugal Life in the Present with a Mindset in the Past. She washed every plastic baggie she used as well as tin foil and other kitchen necessities to reuse later. Teeuwisse’s home is clutter free.

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Super Saver Holiday Ideas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Reuse your own decorations. Other treasured items we reuse every year include huge a mottled green glass ball ornament from my grandparents, a set of 1950′s angel candle holders from a favorite aunt and two 3 foot tall paper nutcrackers made by my kids in elementary school in the 1980′s. Save On Gifts And Wrapping.

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Sweet Dreams Together: A Guide to Safe and Peaceful Cosleeping with Your Newborn

Koupon Karen

These “mini cribs” prove portable between rooms and durable for reuse down generations as family bedtime solutions promoting healthy attachment through the most natural path – touch. This presents grave suffocation and crushing dangers that parents struggle to notice when exhausted. Protect all by separations.

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Ways to Make Your Next Move More Eco Friendly

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I’ll let the kids’ color or draw on it, and we’ll wrap presents in it. Sure, people can get moving boxes for free by calling their local grocery store, but going back and forth to the store several times in a week to get a few boxes at a time can be a real pain. Cardboard boxes. Sell the excess. Go Frugal Go Green'

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Reviewing The World’s Landfills – A Future Fictional Business Plan Excerpt

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It then uses InEarthSight technology to determine if dry cells are present. Present Day -2012/2013. 10 Ways To Make Your Home A Zero-Waste Facility How To Pack A Waste-Free Lunch Eco-Friendly Packaging Options for Business 5 Products That You Should Avoid Using How to Be Green and Save Money. By using ArchTrashOlogists, Inc.