Practicing The Three R's In San Marcos, California.
Did you know that in the past 50 years the amount of waste each person
creates increased from 2.7 to 4.4 pounds per day? How we choose to
handle our waste can have a huge impact on our land, water and
air----our environment. Keeping our environment healthy keeps us
healthy, so it's important to reduce, reuse and recycle, otherwise
known as practicing the
"Three R's".
Reduce:
The amount of toxicity and trash you throw away. the best way to do
that is by not creating it in the first place. Start by buying and
using only what you need and avoiding products with excessive
packaging. Avoid single-serve containers, for example, by buying larger
container of bottle water and refilling washable, reusable sports
bottles when you go to the gym, on a hike or bike ride. Stop
junk mail and unwanted catalogs.
Reuse:
Materials and delay their entry in the waste collection system. Wash
and reuse disposable plastic cups, plates, utensils and food storage
bags at least a few times. Replace paper napkins with washable cloth
napkins and give gifts in reusable bags instead of wrapping them.
Donate surplus building materials to Habitat for Humanity and give
unwanted furniture and clothing to Goodwill or The Salvation
Army. Many items can be
repaired by those groups and redistributed into other homes rather than
tossed in landfills.
Recycle:
Cardboard, paper, plastic, metal, glass, electronic equipment and yard
waste (leave, grass) rather than pitching everything in the trash.
Making new items from recycled ones takes less energy and fewer
resources than making products from new materials. By reducing, reusing
and recycling, you can save natural resources and potentially shrink
waste costs in some cases. By practicing the three Rs,
you can become a key player in making our world a safe and healthy
place to live.
This informtion offer by: Crescent Moon
Realty, Inc.
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