I Reuse Trash to Save Money… and Honestly, It Changed My Life

I too agree & follow many of these tips & have others. Like another commenter here, I too stick the small pieces of bar soap to the new bar soap. I reuse glass jars for bacon grease, I put that in refrigerator & freezer depending on how much grease I've got. I put all uncooked pastas in glass jars. I wash plastic ziplock types of bags & reuse. I reuse old pillow cases & put bras in them & wash them in gentle cycle. I tie those pillow cases with hair rubber bands that don't have metal so other clothes in washer don't get damaged. I get every bit of toothpaste out by cutting tube near the top after I flatten it out completely. I reuse paper bags by placing my shredded paper in them & they go in reccycle bin. That is how our city wants paper. I reuse envelopes from incoming mail to write my grocery list & coupons go inside the envelope ready for me to shop. I don't throw away small amount of Spanish fried rice. I put it in freezer & take it out night before will eat it. I heat rice, place rice on plate & then fry an egg, place egg on top of rice & that's a nice small meal. I've got more. 🫶😢

It is so good to see and read about other people who are attempting to live a little more sustainable existence for the environment and to save money too!!! What a great group of people!!
I already loved participating in making rags from old clothes that can no longer be worn and old towels etc. I also already keep the slivers of soap and put them in the little bags like you were showing for using to clean my skin or clean out my tub. I also use grey water from my bath or shower to flush my toilet Etc. I am so glad that I’m not the only ‘unusual’ person. 😂. Gratefully, Garie Thomas-Bass
Author of the books… Gratitude Giraffe’s Walk. And
A Season of Gratitude a Day at a Time (AKA: A giraffe named Gratitude)

I love this way of life. Frugal living and simple pleasures take the stress out of life.

My mother was born in 1933, so was a child during WW2 in the UK. Nothing was wasted! "Make do and mend", was the mantra.

I've always used cotton hankies. Some of mine are over 20 years old!

I buy secondhand clothes, too. I go to a nearby smart town, twice a year. The charity shops have high end clothes, some new! Most very little worn. Its like a treasure hunt!

I batch cook so I only need to cook twice a week. I eat breakfast and a light main meal. I never snack and I stop eating before 6pm.

I buy loose leaf tea, not tea bags. The leaves can be used at least twice. Its much cheaper and the tea quality is higher. Real leaf rips, rather than the dust sweepings that go into bags.

I no longer by liquid milk. I buy full fat milk powder. Much more economical.

I no longer buy flour. I don't bake much, but I do enjoy pancakes. I use dry chickpeas and grind them into flour in my coffee grinder. The flour in naturally gluten free and there's no waste as you grind as much as you need. The dry chickpeas store well for years!

I use my local library so saves me buying books, also saves shelf room at home.

I walk or cycle rather than use my car. The car is necessary for my job, but when I retire, the car will go.

About 4 years ago, I bought a Jackery with solar panel for my car camping holidays. I use it year round to keep my phone and other small electricals charged up for free.

I switch off all the electric sockets when the appliance is not being used, to avoid phantom power usage.

Lights are switched off when not needed.

In winter, I use a thick woollen blanket to sit under to save putting the central heating on.

I use a wool filled duvet which is highly breathable, so making sleep better. Better sleep, better mood. Spend less.

Every morning - summer or winter, I open windows front and back of the house to allow a breeze to blow through to keep the house dry, fresh and damp free. Only takes 10 mins to blow the stale air out. Dry air heats quicker than damp, humid air, so saving on heating bills.

I use a manual carpet sweeper instead of a vacuum cleaner. I do have a cleaner, but only use it once a week. The carpet sweeper is used daily.

I gave up TV after the C19 farce, so saveing me about £170 a year on a TV licence, reduced power usage and gives me more time to read...

Great tips. New subscriber ❤🎉

I made a soap bag with an old towel. I stick all the leftover soap chips into the bag.

We get so many hands me downs from other people and family, I’ve decided I’m not buying anymore clothes. And I’ I’ve started sewing and altering my own

The other day I was looking at the mesh bag the onions came in, thinking: This is gotta be good for something... Might still be in the can, will dig it out.

It took a while to embrace this lifestyle but buying used makes so much sense. I wasted sooo much money early on.
I make it a game in my head to see how long i can stay home & use up things in the fridge/ cupboard even chickens get left overs or old noodles . I throw no food in trash. Something eats it. I drive old vehicles. I can change the oil myself. I live very cheaply.

Omg I do almost everything you do. Good ideas for growing veggies or fruit drinks. I just compost and make fertilizer for garden. I wash my hair with backing soda and then apple cider vinegar.

I love my jars. But the one problem I have is when I have a pasta sauce jar or any jar that had garlic in it I can't get the garlic smell out of the lid. I've tried everything from baking soda, vinegar, bleach soaking for days etc. Any ideas ? Because some of the pasta jars are very pretty. You are not weird, you are smart. I too regrow my green onions, it's so easy.

I use shampoo/conditioner bars too

I save $ cutting my own hair and dont dye it. Also i dont use hair products

Its weird NOT doing these things. Especially in 2026

I use cloth napkins from the thrift shops. I hardly ever use paper towels or paper napkins.😊

I use large yogurt containers to sprout seeds for my garden. There are so many containers that can be used in gardening.

I make compost.

I reuse foil. Plastic ziploc bags.

I brew my own coffee.

Why not?

Any latinamerican people does all that and more

Brilliant! My kind o' girl!! 👏👏👏👏👏

Hi I make shampoo bars and bath soaps and washing up liquid. I make my own shower cleaner and toilet cleaner . Make hand washing soap also .
Laundry soap and laundry detergent . I love it .❤

I wear my boys' old hoodies too!

I crochet my dish cloth takes fifteen minutes and I make different colours .or knit it .they last for so long and I wash it properly at the end of day .

You would think that with time the human race becomes smarter, but it doesn't. So many of your hacks are simply 'acting smart'. Why throw out something you can use? Why buy something new that you already have? People forget how to repurpose the things they own. I'm already applying most of your hacks, including buying most of my clothes second hand. Saves a fortune and I feel I can find clothes that fit my style much easier (don't like fasion). I didn't know about the reusing of peanut butter and mayonaise jars and the ziplock bags; will try that for sure. Since I started living by myself (14 years ago) my mum still supplies me with old cloths made of old towels and T-shirts. I re-use glass and plastic bottles for the drip irrigation in my vegetable garden. Not sure about the fermentation and kombucha: don't like those much, just not for me.

You are really frugal. Other than other channels who call themselves frugal. I like!

Hiii! I'm mauritian tooooo and yes I have a lot of jars at home. I use them to store several stuffs😊

Do you reuse the toilet paper also?

My parents grew up through the depression and WWII so we were taught to be frugal, use things up and understand the value of $1. I freeze all my chicken bones to make stock out of them and vegetable scraps and use 'free Ziploc bags' to freeze the 'remnants' after straining the stock. The trash is only picked up every two weeks and the ziplock seals in everything so it doesn't smell.

I absolutely agree on the clothing, I stop shopping. Thrift shops have the best deals!!😊

I was hoping to learn something from you, but, we are cut from the same cloth as l do 99% of what you do. I won't use peelings for food though (it's composted) due to the chemical fertiliser concentration, which is strongest on the outside layers of veg and fruit. It's fine if it's organic.

Love all your ideas.

I just stick the small pieces of soap to the new soap. Easy!

Your tips are great, we should all try to reuse things.❤😊

Refreshing to see how content and grateful you are for what you have. 👏🏼 Stay as lovely as you are.🌹

Well done! So many of us Americans need to take just 1️⃣ tip and execute it. This world would be so much cleaner, our lives would be healthier and our pockets would be deeper! Great video!

I love this! I do so many ofvt h ese things!! I never buy clothes. My daughter and daughter in law give me their cl I set clean outs. I call them hand me ups!

My aunt used to keep all the small left over soap and somehow melt them into a new bar of soap..sorry, don’t have the recipe ,but i’m sure we can google it .❤

You're not weird! I do almost everything you mentioned! So if you are weird, I am, too!

I call it living lightly on the earth. I buy cloth handkerchiefs at garage sales. Always carry them in my purse. And keep one or two by the couch where I sit. Also mend clothes that tear or need to be taken in or let out. I recently realized I had too many old tee shirts. I cut the bottom off one and sewed it to the hem of another. Now I have an extra nightgown. I’ve also used the top part of that extra tee shirt material to patch cotton underwear that had a hole.

These tips are new to the younger generations. Those who have WW2 in their backgrounds have always done these things just to survive. There aren’t many of those veterans left, and the knowledge is disappearing. Good to see it resurfacing….looks like we’re all going to need it. 🩷🩷🩷

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I live similarly to you. You gained a new subscriber ❤😊