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8 Easy Ways to Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Get creative.

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Three Ways to Give to Charities Even If You Don’t Have Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Yet, when people in the community come to ask for donations for the needy, the narrator’s mother does not hesitate to give away some of her few remaining canned goods. Use that gift card combined with sales to buy some new clothes to give to a needy family. Most small packages of diapers earn about 6 to 9 points.)

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World Wisdom - Budget-Friendly, Sustainable Spring Break Ideas

Motherhood Moments

As 50 million children get excited for Spring Break, the Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) is encouraging families to make the week-long ritual more fun and educational by adopting a sustainability theme. When done, decorate the paper and give as gifts or plant and watch the seeds sprout.

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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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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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. Pay Attention to Packaging. Some items come with more packaging than they need. Whenever possible, consider items that don’t have excess packaging. Nor is it healthy. Pay attention to that when you buy. Go Green'

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Entenmann’s Little Bites and Earth Day Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

The Entenmann’s Little Bites “Recycle… Reuse… Replenish” Fully Recyclable Lunch Earth Day campaign teaches kids the importance of reducing waste while earning money for their schools by redeeming Little Bites pouches for cash and points with recycling partner TerraCycle® through the Entenmann’s Little Bites Pouch Brigade®.

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Warner Bros. Arthur Sweepstakes — Savings Blogger

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Arthur Sweepstakes Apr 4 Enter the Arthur Sweepstakes here for the chance to win an Arthur movie merchandise prize package, from Warner Bros. content of this site may be reused in any fashion without written consent. Contest ends 11 April. Enjoy this site? We want you to live the generous life, simple and debt free. DO NOT copy.