6 Simple And Cheap Ways To Reduce Your Waste and Save Money

Everyone is looking for certain ways to save money and reduce their use and waste. There are some that help reduce your waste but require a large investment. So the best ways to reduce waste also put money back in your pocket. So here are 6 simple and cheap ways to reduce your waste and save money.

Buy tote bags
- Everyone has seen the bags are their favorite supermarket. They are strong and have handles and reduce the large amount of plastic bags that a lot of us use. I personally reuse the plastic bags I get to scoop the compacted cat waste in. Plastic bags take forever to decompose, but that is changing. The cloth tote bags are also cheap, usually with a cost of less than two dollars a piece.

Plant a garden
- Vegetables prices are always on the rise, it just happens. So why not plant a garden in your backyard? Packets of different seeds are usually less than two dollars a packet. It can be very rewarding eating something that you took care of and grew and some people use gardening to help relieve stress. And if you have a surplus of vegetables after harvesting, you can either sell them to make a little bit of extra money, give them to friends, or even better, take them to your local homeless shelter.

Make a compost pile
- The basics of composting are very easy. Throw some left over food, leaves, grass clippings, cardboard, hair, and just about any other organic thing into a pile. Let it sit and decompose. In a year or two you can have a great organic healthy soil additive for your garden. Now there is a lot more you can do to make the composting process faster, but it's basically a passive process. Check out this website about composting and start your own today. **A little warning though, not everything can nor should be composted. Meat and dairy products can attract vermin and are not good for your compost pile. Make sure you look at the site in this paragraph about composting as it gives you a good idea on what you can put in and what you shouldn't.**

Seal up those drafty windows
- Double pane glass windows are the best as they insulate the house better than single pane ones. New windows take a large amount of money so why not go to your favorite hardware store and buy some caulking. It's cheap, about $5, and it usually lasts for a while. Buy a few tubes and get to caulking your drafting windows. This can drastically improve the overall insulation of your house and keep the warm air in and the cold air out during the winter and ultimately save on energy costs.

Use a clothesline to dry your clothes in the summer
- It's usually nice and sunny during the summer, so why not hang up your clothes and let them air dry? They smell nice and you don't have to worry about leaving them in the dryer to wrinkle. The extra energy saved can help either pay for some air conditioning or a trip to water park.

Reuse, reuse, reuse
- There are lots of things that you can reuse to keep them out of the garbage. Instead of buying Tupperware, use those empty sour cream containers and spaghetti sauce jars to hold left overs. Just make sure to label them what's inside and the date the contents were made.