Happy Friday: Recycling Old Papers Into Coupons
Sent from reader, Tara:
Hey! I have a tip with school coming up that I thought could be helpful for others who want to save on paper for printing coupons. My kids come home with a lot of papers from school. Some are flyers notifying parents of upcoming events as well as papers my kids doodle on. Last year, I started saving all the papers that were blank on one side and started using them to print my coupons on. I have never had an issue using these coupons and it saves me having to buy paper.
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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
I do this all the time! Saves me so much on buying paper!
I have been doing this for years. I it always dries out during vacations, but it’s good to reuse/ recycle whenever you can.
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.
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.
Be careful putting paper with crayon on it through a printer. The wax can come off on the rollers and such.
Haha, I don’t actually have to do this because you always get us such good deals on paper:) I agree with above comment, you can get glue in your printer too and sometimes if it’s not perfect it jams the printer.
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!!!
I print coupons on lined school paper. Cheap when you can catch a back to school sale.
Been doing this since I started couponing..
Been doing this since 2008 🙌🏼
This is a great idea! I had never thought to do it with the constant school paper churn! Thanks!!
I’ve been doing this for years too – seems like the right thing to do.
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!
This is a great idea!!
Staples has great deals on paper. If you watch, you can buy box of paper and get close to 100% back in a rebate.
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.
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 come 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?!
What a great idea! My oldest will start pre-k this year and I start doing this:)
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!
Great idea! Thanks!
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 🙂
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.
Huh, I’ve reused my paper for years also & have never had any comments from our local Walmart. They’ve always taken mine without any comment about what’s on the back. I wonder why your Walmart is so fussy. ?
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 🙂 .
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 community to help pitch in & earn money for the school!!