Cut trash bill in half

One way to keep the family budget on track is to cut the trash bill in half. Is that even possible you ask? It is and it did not require massive lifestyle changes in our world. Here's how we did it. First, we take advantage of our community recycling drop off center for our recyclables. This leaves us with very little trash to take to the curb. Most weeks we have a bag of diapers and another bag of trash. Our trash service allows us to have far more trash than this each week. We decided to split the trash service and the cost with my brother-in-law's family who live on the same street. We started this arrangement four years ago, and it has worked well. Each year we both save about $125 by spilting the cost of the trash bill. It does mean that someone will have to bring their trash to your house, though so you will probably want to share trash service with someone you trust in your neighborhood.