If you frequently shred large piles of paper, consider a model like the Swingline EX100-07 Stack and Shred ($225). It lets you stack up to 100 sheets on an interior shelf and then slowly shreds ...

Paper is often wasted. Maybe you use both sides of a sheet of paper, use the backs of your mail envelopes for grocery lists or reuse newspaper to wrap gifts. All are good ways to waste less paper. … ...

Dear Heloise: I was making gift baskets for people. I ran out of tissue paper to put in the bottom, so I used my paper shredder and some old Christmas paper that I had saved from previous years.