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Reuse & Repurpose

It's very tempting to throw things away or even drop them in a recycling bin when we are done with them. Is there a better way?

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The five Rs

yasssmine

Reusing and repurposing creates wasting less. It is important to learn the five Rs (reusing, repurposing, reducing, reusing, and recycling) when learning how to eliminate waste. There are many ways to help with the five Rs, rechargeable power, crafting, afterlife for objects such as wood, tries, etc… These are great ways to learn how to use the five Rs. Clean energy helps with reusing, repurposing, and recycling. This could either be powered by wind or solar energy. Applying the 5 Rs to your daily life can make a positive impact on reducing air pollution, bad climate energy, greenhouse gases, etc… Reusing, instead of humans reusing objects, they buy new ones. Replacing plastics (water bottles, paper cups, paper plates, etc) with compostable and reusable alternatives, will help make a positive impact. Repurposing, some items are not able to be reused or reduced, but repurposing helps with that. Some examples of recycling or repurposing are cardboard boxes for storing supplies, cans/jars/cups for holding pens or pencils, and clips for holding cables. Reducing is ever helpful with keeping the environment clean. Instead of using multiple papers when printing use both sides of the paper, or instead of throwing something such as packaging, cut it and reduce and reuse it. Refusing is basically making smaller purchases when you easily reuse them. Recycling is the most important of all the five Rs and has a big impact on friendly waste disposal. A good example of recycling is paper materials and organics. These five Rs will have a great positive impact on our environment.

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