Baking soda used in the fridge, in my experience, can be effectively used for odor absorption for longer than just one month, unless you have lots of heavier odors there. It can also be used for cleaning purposes afterwards. I have a huge white shiny-tiled counter and sink, and baking soda along with a gentle bit of elbow grease and soft brush (a toothbrush works fine) will get both the tile and the grout sparkling clean.

I haven't heard of any ways to recycle used dryer sheets, except to wipe off the dryer's lint screen after each dryer load. Helps corral those lint bunnies that like to scoot around the laundry!

AE is right - the scrubbing power of the baking soda still works fine. The food odor particles etc. from the fridge will still be in the baking soda, so I wouldn't use it on anything i was going to eat off of without washing it afterwards, but otherwise it should still be useful. I have also used it to help get dried on food off of casserole dishes.

Dryer sheets: They make great chrome cleaners - you can use the old ones to polish up your faucets. Works amazingly well.

Bounce dryer sheets are not biodegradable. Until seventh generation comes out with a biodegradable non toxic dryer sheet I believe there are other alternatives to Bounce.
Whole Foods should have one, and I'm pretty sure even Wal-Mart now carries a biodegradable line.
Just seems like a waste to use a product like Seventh Generation to wash clothes and then just add useless toxic chemicals to your clothes in the dryer stage (IMHO)

I reuse dryer sheets by dabbing them with liquid fabric softener and rubbing it into the sheet. Liquid is much cheaper than the sheets. I haven't noticed any negatives with this.
I also used 7th Generation powdered detergent for the first time and my whites have a new soft whiteness I haven't seen for years. I've tried them all - Tide, Cheer, etc. with no success. I'm just so happy at the age of 75 to have discovered this product. The box of detergent was bent in so was on the discount shelf - I always buy a bargain. Anyway, I highly recommend it.

I use on teaspoon of white vinegar to a cup of water and pour the mixture into the reservoir for the drying agent Dishes come out spotless

I BUY REUSABLE DRYER BALLS THERE ECOFRIENDLY SINCE YOU CAN REUSE THEM I HAVE HAD MINE FOR ABOUT MORE THAN A YEAR AND THEY WORK BETTER SINCE THEY REMOVE STATIC AND FLUFF YOUR CLOTHES BETTER I BOUGHT MINE AT BED BATH AND BEYOND

The best product I have found for fabric softner is vinegar!! I promise, your clothes won't smell like vinegar, it's cheaper, and clothes come out soft.

We reuse baking soda for cleaning also. Works great, especially with a little vinegar.

I have used the balls for over a year now. They do work well to reduce drying time (reduce power usage, hooray) BUT, we live in Richland, Wa and even though we have some humidity here, being 1 block from the river, we have a little of the obnoxious static electricity. The balls work pretty well in the summer, not on anything fleece or nylon though. During the winter they are great for fluffing and reducing drying time but for static they are useless. I just discussed using dryer sheets with my husband last night, which is why I came to 7G to see if they had any. Since they don't, we have decided to use Freddies line and cut them into small squares. A little bit goes a long way and you can extend the life and minimize your impact by cutting them into 2x2 squares or so. I used to do that then decided to give those balls a fair chance (I think a year was plenty, we'll still use them though for fluffing.

We do use vinegar in the wash. Vinegar is a fabric softner through the acid destroying gross stuff that embedded and coated your fibers thus releasing the softness of your fabric. The vinegar smell dissipates when dry leaving behind no smell. IT DOES NOT WORK AS A STATIC CLING AGENT! Entirely different animal. Hope this helped.

We use the baking soda left from the fridge to clean the drains in the kitchen and bathroom sink. We pour the box down and then some vinegar and it keeps any grime from building up, it work really well.

I've read somewhere that someone kept the dryer sheets and used it as pillow stuffing! I think it's a great idea!

Instead of using dryer sheets, just take a washcloth or sock, sprinkle a bit of Seventh Generation fabric softener on it, and toss it in the dryer with your clothes. Voila! Totally reusable, no waste.

Dryer Sheets- I wonder why people use dryer sheets. I use natural laundry soap. Our clother are soft, they dont smell, and there is no static. Why would you add chemicals to your clothes after using natural soap? Fabric softener does remove soap scum on shower glass doors. The liquid kind might work better than sheets. Something to do with the Ions
Reusing Baking Soda- Cleans grout, sinks, drains, glass in shower helps remove spots with vinager. Vinager and baking soda will clean the whole house. Bleach and most of the "cleaners" should be outlawed.