If you’re in the market for some new kitchen appliances and you don’t want to pay full price, don’t overlook Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore. This is a growing chain of stores that accepts lightly used construction, renovation and home improvement products from DIYers, contractors and even building supply manufacturers to resell instead of tossing in landfills. You often can find almost-new appliances there at a fraction of the cost, from scratch-and-dent to items homeowners changed their mind about. All appliances are less than five years old and in good working condition.

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Whenever you can cut back on paper usage, no matter how small, it adds up over time. Select “no receipt” at the ATM machine when you withdraw cash. Don’t print out a boarding pass at home for your airline flight when you can send the boarding pass straight to your smartphone. Email yourself your grocery list instead of jotting it down on paper and read it off your phone instead. Small paperless decisions definitely add up.

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Overnight shipping may get your package there in a jiffy, but it takes a tremendous amount of fuel (not to mention money) to make it happen. If it doesn’t absolutely, positively have to be there overnight, opt for ground shipping, which uses more fuel-efficient trucks to move packages. One insider tip? If you ground ship between major cities that are close to each other, the chances are it will still arrive the next day at the much cheaper ground shipping price. Packages shipped between Philadelphia and New York City or Los Angeles and San Francisco almost always arrive the next day this way.

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