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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

canetoad

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5. Sort of the same problem here in winter

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 01:50 AM

Dec 2011

Don't buy newspapers. I keep a tub near the open fire, into it goes every scrap of paper that would normally go into recycling plus all the junk mail, free newspapers etc. I eke out the glossies with a bit of good-burning paper. This and half a firelighter per conflagration keeps me going.

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I found a big problem with newpapers going online and not so much paper [View all] uppityperson Dec 2011 OP

That really is a conundrum. Maybe your supermarket... Little Star Dec 2011 #1

You might be able to find free "Penny Saver" type newspapers at many restaurants and grocery stores fishwax Dec 2011 #2

That is a good thought uppityperson Dec 2011 #3

Wish I was close to you....I use newpaper for lots of things Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #4

Do you have a garden? Mulch the paths with newspaper to keep weeds down and on off season, if uppityperson Dec 2011 #6

I actually do use it in the garden a couple of ways. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #7

Mint is wonderful and awful. I ended up with creeping jenny, bought from a Master Gardeners uppityperson Dec 2011 #8

What I have learned from buying/exchanging plants..... Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #9

Sort of the same problem here in winter canetoad Dec 2011 #5