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Recycling tips
Recycle old electronics
electronics recycling
rechargeable batteries
battery recycling
computer parts
working computers
there are also companies that can help you to give your eletronics to another people
those people can reuse them
you can recycle your cell phone
you can also give it to a senior citizen
if your major appliance doesn't work anymore and you want to replace it
offer it to another places
it's possible to give this eletronic on recycling days too
Buy recycled products
doing this
you eliminate waste
eliminate the needing to produce more materials
you can not only recycling
but supporting those products that have been recycled
remember
recyclable
recycled
are not the same thing
Inspire an artist
There are people that make arts with recycled materials
There are also people that teaches arts and need this kind of material
Offer yourself to provise suplies to them
you can also suggest to them making art from trash
Remind the artist to
use
recycled and biodegradable paper
earth-friendly
pencils
glues
paints
Don't Dispose — Donate
charities
Freecycle
Recycler's Exchange
you can send the useful objects that you want to dispose to them
what can you give away?
clothes that don't fit
boxes you used in your last house move
scented soaps that you don't want
you can also make a rule in your house
don't put usable things in the trash
donate it
Which ideas are easier for you to follow? Why?
Inspire an artist
These 3 ideas are easier for me to follow, because I am always donating all the things that don't fit me anymore or something like that, in my house we always reuse, reduce and recycle everything that is possible and I know art teachers that I may inspire to make art from trash.
Don't Dispose — Donate
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Know What Can and Can't Be Recycled
each city have recycling rules
read the recycling rules of yours
follow them
there's a difference between
real recycling
green-washed recycling
companies can deceive their consumers
they say that they do recycling programs
but it's not recycling at its best
Compost your food scraps
waste
technical nutrients
biological nutrients
when they are not useful anymore
safely and readily decompose
return to the soil
composting
simple
garden cuttings and green kitchen waste
they can go to
outdoor
composter
in your garden
in your neighborhood
in a community garden
indoor
very effective
Analyze Your Waste Trends
to understand better your waste
do a waste audit
separate your waste categories
there are a lot of different types of material that leave your house
weight them
"material recovery"
reduce what goes to landfill
great exercise for kids
very convincing for higher-ups
a lot of companies pay for having their trash thrown away
they can get money for recycled things
Rethinking Recycling
benefits of recycling
saves natural resources
cuts down energy consumption
in the start
people had to teach each other that keeping up trash was our own responsability
just later recycling was introduced
it was a success
but it didn't stop us filling up landfills
there were just some garbage bins
people started to think that manufacture should take responsibility to what happened to their products
Product Steweardship
so many manufactures started to agree
they took back their old products and reused the materials
example
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prevents garbage ending up in landfills
video
Reduce, reuse, recycle
steps
1
reduce the things that we consume
shift it to good quality products
2
fix something that is broken
it is not necessary to replace it
3
don't use packaged goods
the last is put it in the blue bin
Recycle your water
if you are a homeowner
rearrange your plumbing
you can use again the water that you use in your daily life
examples
leftover bathwater or dishwashing water
water your garden with this
Consider Recycling Potential When Purchasing
recyclable products
when you buy something packaged
pay attention on how can you reuse it
recycling it
returning it to a shipping store for reuse
when you buy a electronic component
it's better to buy something that can be easily upgraded or whose parts can be easily replaced
don't buy "monstrous hybrids"
it's cheaper, but it's also unfixable and unrecyclable
rainwater or wastewater from your shower and tub
flush your toilet with this