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celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 26 May 25

I was brought up in a family of frugal folk. My grandmother was a woman who came from a big family( 10 kids), and they would cut worn sheets in half and sew the opposite sides together and use them up. My mother was brought up...

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Truly her mother’s daughter!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 6 Sep 23

As most of you know I am a great recycler, saver of waste, and believer in repurposing anything and saving any useful items. And I very rarely buy new things, almost all of our furniture and household items, for example, have...

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One man's trash...

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 31 Mar 22

My neighbours are having a clear-out. They bought the house about 4 years ago and it came with a basic greenhouse which they never bothered with. Now they decided they want the space, but it turned out to be half full of firewood....

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Reusing Plastic Bottle

Slianty @slianty (399) • Indonesia 26 Apr 21

This is my son's project, he makes an aquarium reusing plastic bottles. I have helped him follow the methods from YouTube. But water still leaked from between the connections I have tried patching it with dextone glue, but it...

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Do you reuse or recycle old items?

Bill McAlpine @ScotMac (1335) • Edinburgh, Scotland 3 Feb 20

A lot of household rubbish goes to a landfill facility or to a recycling plant but if you have something which is simply worn out or broken would you find another use for it or would you buy a new product? Would you throw away a...

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Unwanted gifts, what do you do with them?

Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30461) • Corsham, England 26 Dec 19

Don't get me wrong, I am always grateful that people think of me at Christmas time and might buy me a small gift but sometimes I receive presents that I know I will never use. Rather than throw them to the back of the cupboard...

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How to divide students into thirds and fourths

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 22 Jul 19

Not individual students, mind you. I'm talking about dividing the tables they sit at in my classroom into individual study/testing areas for those times when students are supposed to work alone. Last year was my first year having...

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Do you reuse your leftovers?

Wise Ghost @WiseGhots (14603) 27 Apr 19

The waste of food here at home is zero. The leftovers destinations are always for creations of new recipes (especially when creativity is on the rise) or just to be reheated and eaten again. How do you deal with them?

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5Rs to help Mother Earth.

ardoy0731 @ardoy0731 (7308) • Philippines 28 Mar 19

People should really need to manage our waste so that Mother Earth will be a clean place to live in. We have to manage our waste to be able to have a better place, avoid diseases that waste could bring and to have a great...

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Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose - or buy new?

Teddy @ThreeTeddies (2038) • United Kingdom 6 Feb 19

I'm not talking about ordinary household rubbish which goes to the recycling facility but if you have an item which has outlived its usefulness would you find another use for it or would you buy a purpose-made product? How about...

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Reusable Toilet Paper!

Elizabeth White @Masihi (4413) • Canada 23 Jan 19

Okay, I've been wanting to share this frugal tip for a few months but decided to keep it to myself because some people on my Facebook are very judgemental. I make my own toilet paper out of cotton flannel (we call them "loo...

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The Bright Side of the Disposable Cup and a Toilet Paper

Mavic123456 @Mavic123456 (21891) • Thailand 12 Dec 18

You bought me and then you use me, I am happy but you crushed me. After that in the bin, you toss me. I cried out loud but no one heard me. I was seen several times but ignored freely, I may not be pretty either ugly. You can...

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Reduce, recycle, reuse

sofs @sofssu (23660) 17 Nov 18

I hate plastic wastes being dumped into landfills. I try my best to recycle and reuse platstiic bottles and cans. Here is one way in which they get recycled into my garden. I enjoy doing this as it adds a little more fun and...

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Reuseable Paper Towels of "Unpaper Towels"

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 28 Aug 18

I'd seen this a few years ago, and had considered it then. I know these things can be found on places amazon, but etsy sellers make them to. The kind that snap, or maybe some with velcro (I'm not sure). Some etsy sellers tag it...

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Tips for a Happy Earth Day

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 22 Apr 18

Happy Earth Day all! I could have gone on a garbage clean up today, which I wouldn't have been opposed to, actually, other than the fact that this would have been very tough on my germ fears. So, instead, I thought I would...

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Plastic Pollution

galileo2008 @galileo2008 (1168) • Philippines 15 Feb 18

Early this morning, I went our for a walk and I cannot believe what I saw - tons of plastic garbage being thrown out everywhere. Majority of the trashes that I saw was made of plastic and the most common ones were plastic water...

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Recycling

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 20 Jan 18

I am not doing the recycling with the garbage company. I think it is very important to try to reuse. I try to recycle things that would ordinarily go in the trash. Like aluminum foil, plastic spoons, water bottles, plastic bags,...

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Sept 28- Reuse plastic bags

peachpurple @peachpurple (13961) • Malaysia 27 Sep 17

At home I would try my best to reuse plastic bags since they are non biodegradable. Try to reduce trash to save Earth. I do not have to spend money on purchasing trash bags or zip lock bags at all. For example; I could reuse...

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Collecting trash items instead of stamps

peachpurple @peachpurple (13961) • Malaysia 17 Sep 17

Collecting stamps as a hobby is a thing of the past for me. When I was young, I was a passionate stamp collector that I had 2 albums of local and Singapore stamps that I received from my dad's mail. Now as I am a housewife with...

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Reuse old shorts

peachpurple @peachpurple (13961) • Malaysia 19 Aug 17

My son's shorts are too small and tight for him to wear. He is growing up, bums is getting bigger, his waist line is expanding too. Hence, I decided to reuse my old shorts to make new shorts for him. I had to change the...

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