15 Silly Things That I Reuse as a Frugal Sustainable Person — The Honest Consumer

15 Silly Things That I Reuse as a Frugal Sustainable Person — The Honest Consumer

The Gethsemane
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Get more ideas on how to reuse candle jars in this dedicated post to repurposing.

Small Boxes

I always save small boxes that I can easily store. These come in handy when I resell something online and need to shop something. It’s also great to have boxes when you need to mail gifts.

Paper Grocery Bags

I’m queen of forgetting my reusable bags when I go to the grocery store. Don’t worry I’m also queen of reusing them.

We repurpose paper grocery bags to store our recycling, play areas for our cat, and to wrap gifts.

Brown Paper Packaging

Whenever I get a box in the mail I always save any brown paper packaging. Our cat LOVES to play in it.

And I also keep it to reuse for shipping items I resell online or Christmas gifts.

Wine or Alcohol Bottles

While I don’t do this as much any more, I was collecting A TON of wine and alcohol bottles to use for my wedding centerpieces a few years ago. I still have a few that I use as vases.

Check out how my upcycled wine bottle wedding centerpieces turned out or explore my guide with wine bottle repurposing ideas.

Plastic Mesh Produce Bags

The plastic mesh produce bags can be cut and tied to create plastic dish scrubbers. It does create more of an abrassive scrubber, so be careful not to use it on pans with non-toxic coatings.

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