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?
Share your ideas for extending the “lives” of the items that we buy and use, and their packaging as well!
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Ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Even though a person might think recycling plastic, aluminum, and paper helps the environment enough, they would be mistaken. The first thing to do is to reduce the use of disposable goods, then reuse plastics and glass items. Lastly, recycling plastics and paper should be the final step. After calculating my carbon footprint, I realize how important it is to carry out the three Rs. I found a website that lists various ways to people can practice Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. If people could start practicing two or three things on the list then we as a population could help the planet together.
I think this is a great idea! The three Rs on how to keep the Earth healthy. Thank you for telling me how to reduce, reuse and recycle!
Reusing is a great thing! At my house we used to have a glass soap dispenser but it broke so my mom got a plastic one form the store. And now when it’s empty instead of getting another one she just refills it with soap. That’s one way you can reuse something.
Reusing is a something everyone can do, and it helps the environment. At home, we reuse everything we can, and we try to limit shopping of clothes and other stuff as well. We also do what laurneh mentioned, we have a huge bottle of soap so when anything goes empty, we just fill it up again.