Hot Coupon World

I guess maybe I am just behind on learning all of the awesome places to save money. But just in case you may be behind (like myself...it's okay..I still love you) I found this wonderful site through a fellow blogger http://jane4girls800dollarannualbudget.blogspot.com/ . Just follow this link to Hot Coupon World and begin saving and getting updates on places to save that MULA! Get to gettin' people. Go on.

God Bless Recycling-

I thought I would write about RECYCLING. I am really into saving the planet. I have this guilty feeling when things are thrown away instead of being recycled. I can't stand going to a park or a public place and seeing TRASH cans everywhere and NO RECYCLING cans!!!


When we moved to Leland I stopped recycling because I wasn't sure of where a recycling center was. Then I found one a few years later, less than 1/2 a mile down the road from my house!!! I was very happy to find this jewel. I was, however, disappointed to see that this recycling center only accepted plastics numbered 1 & 2. I don't understand!!! I see recycling signs on a lot of the plastics used in my home numbered 1-7!!! So 3-7 is going in the dump at my house. For years I had this guilt of not recycling to my fullest potential!!! Then we moved, yet again, and guess what, PEOPLE.... there is a cooler, better, recycling center right up the road from my house!!! WOO HOO. And the most awesome thing, you may ask... They accept numbers 1-6 in plastic!!! My dream is now a reality. When I discovered that they accept plastics 1-6 I went home trying to find plastics 3-6. A weight has been lifted ya'll.

TerraCycle

Have you heard of Capri Sun? Well kids love these juices and they are cheap, so parents on a budget love them. I don't normally buy them but I do get them for birthday parties. These drink pouches can't be recycled by traditional ways so unfortunately they end up in landfills. I have read that every year BILLIONS of drink pouches end up in dumpsters and landfills across America. So thankfully, this company has developed an awesome way to upcycle them. A company called TerraCycle turns this trash into cash (for our school) and fashion for everyone else. It's a win win situation; saving the earth, giving money to schools (or any other Bigade), and cool gear!!! Our school gets .02 cents for each Capri Sun drink pouch they collect. That is a lot of money.