This post comes from partner blog Wise Bread.
Want to help the environment, but not too keen on all of the expensive suggestions floating around out there? Here are 10 frugal ways to incorporate green living into your life without throwing your well-laid budget plans to the wind.
1. Safety razors. Giving up disposable razors for the old-fashioned safety razor is a great way to save money and the environment. The multi-packs of flat razor blades are not only inexpensive, they come without all of the extra plastic housing that ultimately ends up in landfills. We've been doing this in our house for a few years and have noticed a tremendous savings. Added bonus: We don't have to carve out extra storage in the cabinets when we stock up. Flat packs of blades store very efficiently in a minimum amount of space.
2. Mineral salt deodorant sticks. You can find these at nearly any health food or natural living store. They last an incredibly long time, don't contain harmful ingredients and don't come with a ton of obnoxious plastic packaging to toss in the landfill once the product has been used up.
3. Reusable coffee filters. Just imagine never having to buy or run out of these little babies again.
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