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What are your tips for saving money and reducing waste? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by Addition@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Here's a couple examples from my life:

Safety Razor. I get a better shave and it's like $15 for 100 razor blades, which lasts me a couple years. Way way way better than the disposable multi-blade Gillette things, which sell 5 heads for $20.
Handkerchiefs. I am prone to allergies, so instead of constantly buying disposable tissues, we now have a stack of handkerchiefs that can just be used a few times and then thrown in the wash. This has also saved me loads.

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[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Stop buying products you don't need. I always wait months before I buy something and that way didn't buy 99% of the stuff I'd have otherwise ordered.

Not flying by plane or traveling far by fossil fuels, will save more than most day to day trash you spare. Most trash is burned, but flying is much worse to the environment than burning trash.So simply stay at home or nearby.

Ordering fruits from local plantation is also better than ordering berries transported via ship around half the globe.

There's much more invisible environmental destruction to products, than the product waste when disposed itself.

It's not easy though, because you got to research where stuff is made and companies often refuse to give insight on their shady business.

I buy from the butcher instead of pre packaged meat in plastic. I only buy new clothes or a pair of shoes once the old one is broken. Sure I own 5 pair of shoes but I'll wear each of them til they are trash.

Buying leather shoes and other clothes has lasted me much longer than fake leather shoes. I honestly wish we had shoemakers still around, I often have to throw good shoes away because the sole is completely done but otherwise fine.