The Three R's

Sorry about the wait peps, as you can tell from the title this post is about "Reduce, Reuse & Recycle". This phase came around about 30 years ago when the "epa" (The Environmental Protection Agency) first started to look into harmful waste and what to do with it. The three R's are in order of effectiveness, reducing has more impact than reusing and reusing has more of an impact than recycling.

Reduce ~ Reducing starts at the supermarket by buying only what you need and changing the company you buy from can have a big impact on helping the environment. Now a days dvds come in shrink wraps and at supermarkets we get plastic bags instead of brown paper bags. Buy products that can be used again like
buying bottles instead of cans and if you don't already buy rechargeable batteries, as these things create less waste and are not limited to just one life. More is less, where possible buy in bulk rather than buying small things all the time as this will help to reduce your waste.

Reuse ~ Many items that get thrown out have the potential to be used again before being thrown out/recycled. Before throwing something out ask yourself if you could use that item again. Envelopes can be reused be putting a sticker over the address or they can be used as scrap paper (to doddle, jot notes down etc) before being recycled. Jar and pots once cleaned are very useful for storing stuff whether it is the leftover baked beans or for all the pens and pencils you have lying about the house. Packaging could be donated to schools and nurseries to be used for art projects this could include things like egg cartons or foil.

Recycling ~ Although it is argued that recycling is the least effective out of the three R's it still plays a very important role making our life's greener as this will help conserve the remaining virgin resources we have left. Glass is ideal for recycling as it can be recycled indefinitely without losing it's purity. Other things like paper, plastic and metal can and should be recycled, although they can not be recycled forever it is still more environmentally friendly to recycle than to create them afresh.

Hope this helped the world become a greener place, see ya next time folks.