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12 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ah, recycling. It’s been around forever in one form another, whether back when your grandmother reused glass bottles for canning or in 2014 when a truck comes around to pick up all those empty soda cans you put out at the end of your driveway. Let’s take a look at a few items you may not have known were recyclable. Your Old Car.

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Meet a Reader | Ginger from Texas

The Frugal Girl

I’m a 53-year-old mother of 2 (grown) and grandmother of 4. Oregon is strong into recycling, reducing, and protecting the land. There is not much convenient recycling. So, I don’t recycle like I did in Oregon and Washington State. Here’s Ginger! Tell us a bit about yourself. Wow, time flies.

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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. I use recycled jars to store baking goods (those blue Ball jars were a yard sale find), leftovers, matches, Q-tips, cotton balls, and office supplies. It seemed a bit wasteful.

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Homespun Alchemy™. In the Kitchen

Frugal Luxuries

Little did I realize that doing so was to shift the paradigm of my long held belief that it was my grandmother who was responsible for all of the usual. being the son of a Swedish/American mother and a long ~ time foodie himself.is quite versed in multitudes of unusual eats ( Lutfisk anyone ???). and unusua l.

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