The Amish money mantra is "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." and so it stands to reason that re-using, re-purposing and recycling are the duties of the frugal.
My family has been able to get down to one 13 gallon garbage bag per trash cycle, which, around here, is every other week.
How does a family of 4 do this? With a two-stage garbage system.
We have a paper bag for dry garbage and a small waste basket that we line with plastic grocery shopping bags for wet garbage.
We recycle as much as possible. Pill bottles, condiment bottles, plastic wrappers, etc.
Each time we throw something out, we ask ourselves "can we re-purpose this?" and often the answer is yes. Sour cream containers become storage containers, zipper- close tortilla and cheese bags are washed and re-used for sandwich or snack baggies.
Even if you can cut your garbage bag use in half, it is worth it.
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