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Practice the 3 Rs as a Family
June 27th, 2009 | 
Author: The three R’s of environmentalism are reduce, reuse, and recycle. They are critical for green families to know and consider in daily existance as they frequently serve as the foundation for green goals and family ideals. All three of them should be considered whenever we take out the trash or buy new products for the home.
Reducing basically means junking things you don’t need to ; making less rubbish. When making purchases it is important to determine if the products you are buying are really necessary. Many times we have a tendency to find that we buy many luxury items along side the necessities. There is nothing wrong with treating yourself sometimes but as a rule simplicity is better. If you do decide to buy, you can still scale back your rubbish heap contribution buy choosing to buy products that will last for ages or have another use later on.
Purchasing reusable items that needn’t be disposed of is another good way to dodge dump waste. It is environmentally reckless to use disposable products that may only be used once then was disposed of. This puts a burden on our heavenly resources and creates unnecessary waste.
Recycling is the process by which materials are picked up and used as a foundation for new products or materials. Recycling items that you might otherwise dump decreases dump waste and helps us preserve energy and money. Buying products made of post buyer recycled materials inspires recycling.
Here are a selection of the ways that green families can practice the 3 R’s:
1. Use dishes, flatware, and glasses instead of their disposable counterparts.
2. Set out cloth napkins for family meals.
3. Use cloth diapers and cloth baby wipes.
4. Start a compost pile for kitchen scraps.
5. Ask yourself if that item you have your eye on is a necessity or a luxury.
6. Donate toys and clothes you no longer have a use for to others that can use them.
7. Instead of buying new check out second hand stores or online message boards like Craigslist and Freecycle.
8. Start an organic garden to reduce your grocery bill and time spent shopping.
9. Buy rechargeable batteries.
10. Invest in reusable shopping bags and stop using the paper and plastic ones provided by the store.
11. Join a book or clothing swap.
12. Recycle your old cell phones and eyeglasses.
13. Use paper scraps and old magazines for kids craft projects.
14. Don’t purchase greeting cards and invitations from the store, send digital invites and greetings instead.
15. Use worn out clothing and make a memory quilt that will be treasured for generations to come.
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Go green easily and start recycling. Recycling is more than rinsing the garbage out and placing it in bins on the curb or going to a centre. Recycling is also done by reusing grocery bags for future shopping or poop-scooping. New uses for old items is recycling, as is composting. Looking out post-consumer recycled packaging of your favourite products is also supporting the effort. Reducing our contribution to loading up garbage barges and landfills is starting to become more and more vital. The less garbage we have, the less fuel is wanted to transport it, the less land is swallowed in trash and the more empowered you feel doing your part for your planet.
Go green easily by recycling and get some change. Recycling in some areas is rewarded with money and who can’t use a little extra green for going green? Many towns, county dumps and grocery stores have a money back policy for aluminium, tin, plastic bottles, cardboard and other paper products so it’s worth checking out before tossing something to the curb. Call your local trash company, look on line or try asking at the library for information about your local programs. Most phonebooks have a section for newcomers that gives out this information so your resources are out there.
According to the EPA, over 260 million pounds of reusable items hit the landfills each year in addition to 2 billion water bottles and 16 million gallons of recycle oil. That’s an awful lot of energy wasted making new containers that did not need making. There are still far too many towns that make recycling feel like a major bother rather than a needed task. Many areas in Washington state, as an example, charge you for home pick up of recyclables. Seattle, among a growing number of other cities and towns, has patrons just dump all their non-plant matter recycling into one bin and yard/garden waste into another. This creates roles for the sorters and patrons feel inspired to do their part.
Go green simply : recycle in as many strategies as you can. Donate items to charities, use shipment stores, reuse jars and other containers in a new and helpful way or distress and take advantage of your creative side. By turning rags into rugs, chipped mugs into folksy vases or wine bottles into candle holders you have lowered your stress with creative and responsible aptitude. You can employ your trash service, change it into art or get some cash, the selections are there. We have gotten too used to tossing things out before rethinking their alternate uses. This is pricey to your precious pay check and your planet.
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