tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689700872737796659.post1340331953247207318..comments2023-11-05T07:48:03.725-05:00Comments on UrbanBranches: Daily EcoLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17919001027915606132noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689700872737796659.post-15752775917066467422009-01-16T11:04:00.000-05:002009-01-16T11:04:00.000-05:00Very valuable advice.I only buy the Sunday paper, ...Very valuable advice.<BR/><BR/>I only buy the Sunday paper, for the coupons and sale papers. I never throw newspaper in the trash...I always find a use for it. Inevitably, a friend will stop by and help themselves to my 'stash' for shipping, crafts, whatever. <BR/><BR/>After I look through the sale papers I save them and my kids use them to create 'wish lists' for birthdays and other holidays. They cut out the pictures of the items they like and keep a notebook full so I never have to wonder what to get them!<BR/><BR/>I go through the coupons and clip what I want, then I take them to work and give them to my co-worker. She gets what she wants and passes them on to her friends and family. By the time they get to the trash can, there are only the borders left!<BR/><BR/>As for magazines, I never buy new. I 'rescue' them from yard sales and thrift stores and I use them in crafts, donate to my kids' art class, anything but the landfill.<BR/><BR/>Saving anything from the landfill gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. I get a 'high' when I turn trash into treasure! : )Lakelandmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782567452439967767noreply@blogger.com