Originally Posted by Euronomus

Not only do I do pretty much all of the frugal things listed in the op, I'm so obsessive about recycling that i don't even pay for trash pickup. I literally produce 1 grocery sack(or less) of actual trash a month(which i throw in with my aunts trash). Everything else gets recycled, reused, or composted for my garden, and I preserve everything from it that I don't eat fresh. Nothing bugs me more than to see something useable\recyclable get carted off to the landfill,