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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. Two liter soda bottles.

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7 DIY Yard Games for Frugal Outdoor Fun This Weekend

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If someone in your family has construction skills and the right tools, you can put this together with some common materials and decorate it to suit your tastes. You can even take it apart when you’re done to reuse the noodles. However, it is also a functional game that uses materials you might already have on hand.

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How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The first is to recycle leftover food, grass cuttings, and fallen leaves that might ordinarily end up in a landfill. The second is supplementary to the first–you use the compost as fertilizer. There are many ways to store the compost until it’s ready to use. It’ll be easy to turn and use.

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Organize Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We have accumulated a lot of stuff – lose screws, highly prized collectibles, everyday essentials, clothes that ‘might fit again someday’, tools, children’s artwork, food stuffs and more. Store things where you use them. Put seldom used things in those hard to reach places.

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J & J Healthy Essentials Products Have You Covered for Earth Day and Every Day

Nicoles Nickels

The HEALTHY ESSENTIALS ® program is offering amazing printable coupons, tips & tools and so much more for all the products you and your family love. From Aveeno to Lubriderm & Neutrogena, I can always find coupons for skin care products that I use on a daily basis. Comments Wow what nice savings on products I already use.

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The Epson Expression Premium XP-600 for your Printing Needs

Nicoles Nickels

It also offers automatic two-sided printing to save paper3, as well as creative tools such as a dedicated photo tray and direct CD/DVD printing. I love the automatic two-sided printing feature – when I am printing things at home I often use that feature to save the paper! This printer is priced at just $149.99

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the early 21 st century, increasing world population, growing use of non-decomposable plastics, the westernization of the Asian continent and several world economic crisis cycles all contributed to increasing numbers of landfill operations throughout the world – mostly containing petroleum based plastic products. Their conclusion? “So