Throwing your money away...
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
August 25, 2016 4:58am CST
How often do you throw away your money?
Just toss it out for the trashman to collect and carry off?
"Why, I am quite sensible with my money!" you may say. "I don't waste any of it, and I surely wouldn't just throw it away!"
Well then, I hope you are not buying any of the following things:
*Toilet paper
*Kleenex
*Disposable diapers
And the ultimate item designed to be bought and simply thrown away...
*Trash bags
All of these are things that could be done without, but we would rather have the convenience of using them and discarding them than having to do lots of laundry...or having stained smelly wastebaskets sitting around.
(Of course, the impetus behind this was taking the trash out this morning and realizing I just used the last trash bag and need to buy more)
Can you think of other items that you use and just throw away?
All of these are things that could be done without, but we would rather have the convenience of using them and discarding them than having to do lots of laundry...or having stained smelly wastebaskets sitting around.
(Of course, the impetus behind this was taking the trash out this morning and realizing I just used the last trash bag and need to buy more)
Can you think of other items that you use and just throw away?26 people like this
27 responses
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
25 Aug 16
Failure to recycle what can be recycled is another money thrown away
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@toniganzon (72545)
• Philippines
25 Aug 16
McDonald's and all the JUNK food out there.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Aug 16
Really that is just a different kind of food, which we need, if not that particular type.
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@VidaVida (133)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
26 Aug 16
I also like mcdonalds and junk food... but it takes a lot of money, and it's not all healthy... beware pals..
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
25 Aug 16
@JolietJake Yes, they're just cheap indeed , so it's not much waste of money . Yes, razors can be a bit of a cost . 
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
25 Aug 16
Now that makes the two of us ha haa,I also use alot of it
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Aug 16
It probably wouldn't be a lot, but I wonder how much the average person spends on 'disposable' things...razors is one that costs a bit.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Aug 16
Paper towels. But then again, since I recycle everything and burn all the rest, I'm good to go @JolietJake .
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@dfollin (26099)
• United States
27 Aug 16
I wish we had a fireplace to burn stuff or lived further out where we could burn stuff outside. 
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Aug 16
@dfollin It sure does make a difference. The commercial on TV about the fact that toilet paper rolls could fill up the Empire State Building twice is enough to give people pause I would think.
But toilet paper is a must have
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
25 Aug 16
I am a strong believer of you get what you pay for if you buy cheap then you can't expect it to last, so in the long run you are throwing money out, it many be economical to buy the cheaper brand on the shelves but you can guarantee it won't last as long and you end up spending more. We have become a very 'disposable' society with no thought too of how this effects the environment, after all where does all the rubbish go? We produce tonnes and tonnes of rubbish each year per household. So that's more landfill sites and as the population grows even more, trash continues to grow. And as you said the money thrown away would probably feed an entire country for a year.
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@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
25 Aug 16
@JolietJake Hi Lamb, came back yesterday, all the other sites seem to have disappeared. Impressed Mylot is still going, thought I'd give it another try, still prefer the old format though.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Aug 16
Dang wolfie, ain't seen you in a long time! Did you just come back recently? (I was the Lamb years ago)
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Aug 16
@wolfie34 This one is very different, but after you're here a bit, it'll seem like the same old place, pretty much
@GardenGerty (163530)
• United States
25 Aug 16
We still write checks, buy plastic ziploc type bags, aluminum foil, and wax paper and plastic wrap. Those are just off the top of my head.My grand parents wrote checks but I know they did without most of the others. Oh, also paper towels, and paper table napkins.
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@dfollin (26099)
• United States
26 Aug 16
I have to use my checks so little that I cannot find my check book,lol In the long run using the plastic zip lock bags saves money. Because if you keep food in the bags in the freezer or holding bake goods, etc to preserve them in the freezer and keep air and ants from spoiling food.
@vandana7 (101776)
• India
25 Aug 16
@JolietJake ... In case, what I am eating ..needs to be cut down..I am 12 kgs overweight...obviously I am eating more than I need to.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Aug 16
But a body needs food to survive, that's a bit different.
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@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
25 Aug 16
@JolietJake Gotta make at least an effort to be clean.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Aug 16
We spend a bit on stuff we could clean with a rag, a mop, and a bit of soap and water
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
26 Aug 16
@dfollin Down here we don't have to line the garbage bins with large plastic trash bags for the garbage truck to empty them. I just line the smaller trash cans with plastic shopping bags, change them once full, tie the full plastic bag up, then toss it in the garbage bins outside. Once a week we wheel the garbage bin out by the curb for the truck to empty it.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
26 Aug 16
I always felt like toilet paper was just flushing away money lol
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
25 Aug 16
How many are realizing this? I think there are few. These things are meant for throwing the money only...you are riight.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
25 Aug 16
Dresses, sometimes we only used it once (especially for rich and famous) and then forget it.
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@dfollin (26099)
• United States
26 Aug 16
@JolietJake yes people did use to wash them out. But I guess if you want to look at it from a point of view of wasting....... you are wasting time,detergent and water. Have you ever heard the saying, "Time is Money"?
@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Aug 16
Our trash company does not require a bag...just a trash can. And people used to WASH diapers...not use them once and throw them away.
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@louievill (28849)
• Philippines
25 Aug 16
Smoking is more glamorous since it involves special gadgets like lighters and ashtraysburning is more sophisticated than just throwing it away which is very naive
burning is more sophisticated than just throwing it away which is very naive1 person likes this
@crazyhorseladycx (39504)
• United States
26 Aug 16
paper towels. the hubs refuses to use the kitchen towels....
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
26 Aug 16
I always buy diapers for my kiddo.. i think the last one a bought 2 weeks ago will be the last one coz he's not anymore using them.. so glad I don't have to spend so much for it
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
26 Aug 16
Packet of chips, we pay for air 
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@fengqishi (50)
• Beijing, China
26 Aug 16
I think it must include all disposable things, like paper, water, chopsticks, food containers, batteries. What's more, things that are broken and cannot be repaired also belongs to it, such as glass windows, bowls, thermometer and so on.
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