Here’s a surprising thing gathering dust in your home that can make you some serious cash: old puzzles. As more people are spending time at home, demand for puzzles has soared, including interest in vintage and hard-to-find designs. And while you can find puzzles at thrift stores, many people are leery of buying them because they aren’t guaranteed all the pieces are there. If you can count all the pieces in the boxes accurately and guarantee they are all there, your old game is a great resell candidate on sites like eBay.

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If you must print documents, one easy way to reduce paper consumption without noticing any difference is to change the margin setting. The standard margin setting is usually 1 inch from the sides of the paper. By reducing that margin 25% to 3/4 inch, you’ll get more words onto a printed piece and cut back on paper consumption by about 5%. It may not sound like much, but a Penn State study found the university would save $120,000 a year in paper costs if they did this one thing.

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If you have lots of laundry to do, it might seem like an economical and time-saving idea to slightly overload the washing machine. The problem with this cleaning tactic is the weight of the excess wet clothing will eventually wear out the machine's internal drum and start to decrease the machine's overall cleaning efficiency. When clothing doesn't have room to be agitated during washing, it doesn't come out clean. And running your laundry through the cycle a second time adds up to more water and energy waste. Save time and resources by not overloading your washing machine!

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