4 Ways to Use Junk Mail

I get junk mail every day. Credit card offers, insurance offers, so and so running for re-election. I used to just see it as garbage, and it went in the trash without even being opened. What a waste of paper!

Here's a few ideas on how to put that junk to good use.

1. Print coupons with it.
         Or print anything really. Generally, only one side of the paper is already printed, so just flip it in your printer to come out on the clean side. Stores will still accept the coupon if somethings written on the other side, and you don't have to waste your good paper on it.

2. Roll Coins
         You may have to check with your bank to make sure they'll still accept them rolled this way. But it's pretty simple to cut a piece of paper into 4. Stack your coins up, and roll the paper around them. Tape it shut. Label it. Done.

3. Reuse the envelope.
          We have lots of return labels for free, so we can just stick one with our address over theirs, and when they use a window envelope, you don't have to worry about covering up the old send to address. Add a stamp, and tape it shut.

 

 

4. Scrap paper.

          It's always good to have extra paper around. You can write your shopping lost, phone numbers, whatever you need. No need to spend money on a note book when people are shipping free paper to your house everyday. :)

 

 

What about you? Do you use your junk mail for anything? Is this too reminiscent of an extreme cheapskates episode?