7 Ways to Precycle, Upcycle, and DIY Your Way to (Almost) Never Recycling Again – Planet Green.
Conventional green wisdom used to be that recycling was one of the best things you could do for the planet — you’d be keeping trash out of landfills, using items made from old materials, and trimming your waste all at once. But these days we know that recycling has its own footprint: It requires energy to breakdown and repurpose the original material, and the resulting product is often a blend of post-consumer and brand-new substances.
Learn ways to pre-cycle at the above link.
Planetgreen.com suggests:
1. Buy in Bulk
2. Ditch disposables
3. Upcycle
4. Think Outside the Kitchen
5. Stop Getting Junk Mail
6. Read mags and newspapers online
7. Make Your Own
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