Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle - personal options

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Contents 1 Reduce 2 Reuse 3 Recycling 4 Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle - personal options - your questions

[edit] Reduce

• Reduce rubbish:
  • Using canvas bags instead of plastic bags.
  • Using ceramic or glass dishes instead of plastic ones.
  • Buying unpacked products in places such as http://www.beunpackaged.com/
• Reduced dependence on cars
• Reduced dependence on flying
• Reduce your carbon footprint - personal options
• cut down on junk mail - UK link: Mailing Preference Service

[edit] Reuse

(Main article:Reuse)

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[edit] Recycling

Unfortunately, many of us make many errors by recycling certain items. Such mistakes can contaminate the recycling process generating much more rubbish than what you actually wanted to recycle. This article is worth to read because there you learn which factors you have to take into account before recycling an item.

• cut plastic rings from around 4 and 6 packs to help avoid entanglements (by other creatures)

[edit] Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle - personal options - your questions

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