Happy Friday: Recycling Old Papers Into Coupons

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   Ceci July 21, 2017 at 5:23 pm MST

   I print coupons on the back of every car insurance offer i get in the mail… they are sooo many 🙂 I just make sure that I cut out my name and address from it

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   K July 21, 2017 at 5:26 pm MST

   I do this all the time! Saves me so much on buying paper!

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   tanyam July 21, 2017 at 5:29 pm MST

   I have been doing this for years. I it always dries out during vacations, but it’s good to reuse/ recycle whenever you can.

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  Erin July 21, 2017 at 7:24 pm MST

  Ha! Thanks to my daughter the artist, I never seem to work down my recycled paper pile. I even have that penguin/bird coloring page pictured above. I think we got those from Barnes and Noble.

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   Janet July 21, 2017 at 5:35 pm MST

   I also do this. My hubby brings a lot of scrap paper from work and the kids doodle on it and I use some to also print coupons. Feels great to recycle, knowing that I did my little part to contribute to help our planet.

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   Kathy July 21, 2017 at 5:42 pm MST

   Be careful putting paper with crayon on it through a printer. The wax can onlinee off on the rollers and such.

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   sann July 21, 2017 at 5:52 pm MST

   Haha, I don’t actually have to do this because you always get us such good deals on paper:) I agree with above onlinement, you can get glue in your printer too and sometimes if it’s not perfect it jams the printer.

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   KetaCar July 21, 2017 at 6:21 pm MST

   I do the same! Why waste good paper?! I have had some cashiers give me tge occasional questioning look (lol!) but the upcycled paper coupons scan all the same! It’s a win-win!!!

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   Patty July 21, 2017 at 6:21 pm MST

   I print coupons on lined school paper. Cheap when you can catch a back to school sale.

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   jen July 21, 2017 at 6:31 pm MST

   Been doing this since I started couponing..

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    Laura July 21, 2017 at 6:38 pm MST

    Been doing this since 2008 🙌🏼

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    Georgia July 21, 2017 at 7:32 pm MST

    This is a great idea! I had never thought to do it with the constant school paper churn! Thanks!!

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    Sunny July 21, 2017 at 8:01 pm MST

    I’ve been doing this for years too – seems like the right thing to do.

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    Lisa July 21, 2017 at 8:53 pm MST

    I do this all the time and occasionally leave the paper in the pan …. my high schooler and husband don’t find it as thrifty. Lol. I hate wasting the paper!

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    Deanna July 21, 2017 at 10:56 pm MST

    This is a great idea!!

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    Dawn July 22, 2017 at 6:01 am MST

    Staples has great deals on paper. If you watch, you can buy box of paper and get close to 100% back in a rebate.

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  Ashley July 22, 2017 at 12:22 pm MST

  You still have to pay tax on that…plus your time…and this is better for the environment. I have been doing it for years.

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    Jenna July 22, 2017 at 6:23 am MST

    I’m so glad I’m not the only one who does this! I’ve kept just about every school work and flyer that has onlinee home, for years! I have one ream of “clean” paper for printing important items, and it has lasted me for almost 10 years-lol! Waste not, want not, right?!

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    Steph-B July 22, 2017 at 6:30 am MST

    What a great idea! My oldest will start pre-k this year and I start doing this:)

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    ChrissyBozz July 22, 2017 at 7:02 am MST

    I am a teacher and I use the paper from school that students print to many/teachers make too many or messed up copies. Supermarket staff always get a laugh when they see the back of my coupons!

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    Evelyn July 22, 2017 at 7:11 am MST

    Great idea! Thanks!

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    Brittany July 22, 2017 at 8:23 am MST

    I have to print long quotes at work to review and always bring those home when I’m finished to print coupons. Sometimes I get weird looks from the cashier, but there is never a problem 🙂

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    Berni July 22, 2017 at 11:26 pm MST

    I’ve been doing this for ages. The only time I get a hard time is at Walmart. They keep telling me that they can’t accept coupons with anythng printed on the back side. When I ask “what about newspaper coupons or ones on product boxes?” they then say alright but just this time. Until the next time I go there.

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  KathGron July 24, 2017 at 9:44 am MST

  Huh, I’ve reused my paper for years also & have never had any onlinements from our local Walmart. They’ve always taken mine without any onlinement about what’s on the back. I wonder why your Walmart is so fussy. ?

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    AnnieL. July 23, 2017 at 11:54 pm MST

    I do this with old printed paper that I collected over the years when something came out of my printer wrong/messed up. I just throw it in an old Christmas shirt box and if I’m not printing anything like an exam or something then I pick one of those old pages and use it. I was embarrassed one time at what silly image was on it lol but most of the time I feel like a champ 🙂 .

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    KathGron July 24, 2017 at 9:59 am MST

    When my kids were young, I’d reuse their school papers for them to color on the blank flipside. Now, I also use them to write notes to myself or my kids, to make shopping lists, & of course, print coupons. At school, I started doing the same thing: collecting the “extras” for our kindergartners to color on during indoor recess, or cut up the paper into quarters for loose notes for the staff to use. At the end of the year, any unused portion was put in the big recycling Abadi (?) ‘dumpster’ that I think most schools haver in their parking lots as a way for the onlinemunity to help pitch in & earn money for the school!!

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