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Admit­tedly, I am no expert on green liv­ing and all the lat­est ways to save the planet. How­ever, I did dis­cover some­thing at Tar­get this week­end that I think might help save the planet as well as save you some money on your next shop­ping trip. You can kill two birds with one stone…great for shop­pers and great for land­fills (although CouponKatie does not con­done the killing of any birds).

I was check­ing out with some dog food when the cashier asked me if I wanted a bag. I said, “No that’s okay.” She smiled, scanned a bar­code on her reg­is­ter and said, “Great, I can take 5 cents off.”

What? A way to save money at Tar­get and I didn’t know about it? Granted, 5 cents is not a lot of money, but it was the prin­ci­ple of the whole idea that I like. I soon found out this “bag coupon” is part of Target’s recy­cling program.

For every bag you bring in (cloth or reused plas­tic Tar­get bags), Tar­get will take 5 cents off your total when you check out. Isn’t that won­der­ful!?!? The stacks of bags I have can now be used for some­thing other than lin­ing bath­room trash cans.

I may not be the most green per­son around, but I cer­tainly will be on the look out for more “green ideas” that can cut down my monthly gro­cery budget.

For more infor­ma­tion and the lat­est deals this week at Tar­get, Kroger, and Walgreen’s check out these posts…here.…here…and here.

Do you have any money sav­ing tips that could also be con­sid­ered “green”? Let us know by leav­ing a com­ment below.

*If you haven’t signed up for CouponKatie’s Smart Sav­ing Steps, go here and I’ll email you my 5 Smart Sav­ing Steps.

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