ENVIROLET... it is a toilet that does not use water or electricity.  It runs off solar batteries and it does not smell.  You use enzymes and empty it once a year for 10 people... use it as mulch.  VERY ECONOMICAL AND VERY ENVIRO FRIENDLY.  BEFORE SOMEONE CONSIDERS USING TOILET PAPER TWICE WHICH IS PRETTY UNSANITARY... CONSIDER WIND ENERGY OR SOLAR POWER TO LOWER YOUR BILLS SO YOU CAN AFFORD TOILET PAPER.  TRY SOLAR PANELS FOR COMPUTERS CELL PHONES AND SMALL APPLIANCES... THEY ARE UNDER $200 AND YOU CAN BUY MOST OF THIS ON EBAY WITH DIRECTIONS.  IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THERE IS NOTHING TO BE SAID FOR SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY JUST DEGRADING THEMSELVES RATHER THAN THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND LIVING WELL.  OF COURSE I GUESS THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO LIVE IN DEGREDATION AND ENJOY IT.

I was lucky to rent an apartment that includes utilities. We run the a.c. in the summer, and a little space heater in the winter. Apartment is upstairs and is on the s.w. corner of the building. We use the air all summer, too hot without it. Hang a sheet stapled above the doorway of the room we use the a.c. in so it isn't pointlessly cooling rooms we don't use. Put cardboard in the window that faces out when the afternoon sun comes around. That's my frugality, because I know that if I were paying for it, I would want to be conservative, but get the best use. We also keep the filter cleaned weekly. And I use a surger to turn off my computer completely when it is not being used. And I also keep my stereo unplugged when not listening to it, because it has all these blinking lights.

Cut down the amount of food that you eat can be doubling savings!! You American just eat too much, don't you know that??

do all you can to save $ and the earth. be careful though when you reuse certain types of plastic such as thin baggies or certain water bottles. they can harbor lots of bacteria. the bacteria actually gets embedded into the plastic even though you are washing it.

You may like some money savng tips from germany :)) there was one guy who would wash his teeth and do his business without opening the light n the bathroom, and another would collect the water uysed rto rinse the dishes from th kitchen sink and then use it to flush the toilet. As for the toilet tissue you can save a bundle if you learn th emiddle east custom of washing your behind with water using a plastic water jug and let it dry naturally ! happy savings :)

Ok, maybe people who DO have money got that way because they ARE penny pinchers. If you think about it, people who save money through out their lives are eventually going to have a lot...why spend more on something that can be re-used? And maybe people who do re-use stuff don't have that much money to go and buy it new. Like washing ziplocs bags...what's wrong with doing that compared to washing tupperware? I just think it's snobbish that people bash on "penny pincher" people when they don't know the full story of why they do it.

I'll reuse Tp,then when it dries its good 1 more time.

I use florescent bulbs in the warmer months.  My air (2 units) run constantly.  I found it much cheaper to keep the house cool then try to re-cool the house.  In the winter I will again convert to standard bulbs because they generate heat.  I'll leave the computers on because they're enough to heat half the downstairs. I'll dry my clothes at night to warm the upstairs.  I don't put the heat higher than 62 as the gas is outrageous, and I will use 2 oil contained heaters as needed.  In the summer and winter I cook outside on the grill-more as preference, but it's much cheaper for us here.    This sounds silly, but in the winter, I slice apples  and put sugar and cinnamon on them then place them in the food dehydrator which I carry to the upstairs and plug in.  It warms the home and makes a great fresh scent.  Then downstairs I plug in the bread machine and have fresh warm bread baking.  We probably save a good thousand a year in utilities.

FALSE ECONOMY!!

Here is the truth. Most people I know who buy things on special don't need it and will always be poor because of this. Why not get something good quality that you  need and pay the extra money rather then getting crap you don't need and buying it again 10 times.

The time you spend looking to save $5 could have been better spent buying something at full price and educating yourself so you can make $10 in another area you are good at.

I have been washing out my baggies for years. Why throw away something perfectly good and reusable just because there is a bit of gunk in it? Also, I know that I am not piling up the landfills with unneccesary waste. If I have only peed in the toilet, why waste loads of water flushing every single time? Where I live there is a water shortage and the mayor actually had to ask everyone in the city to not flush each time they did number 1.  Obviously, if you do number 2 or if you've got company coming, you flush!! I hang my laundry outside when it's not cold and raining and I use my dryer when it's not good drying weather.  Just use your common sense, and you save money and save the planet.  There's nothing stupid or insane about either of those (but there's no way I'd reuse toilet paper!)