Recycling is not just keeping bins for plastic, aluminum and paper. Shopping at your local thrift store, buying used items from the paper or over the internet, scouring the freecycle pages, even buying antiques are all great ways to recycle. The focus should be not only on reducing the waste a household generates, but reducing the number of items manufactured. Sure, we all love to get brand new items in perfect condition, but think about what it takes to produce and ship that item to you and millions of customers like you. Think about how far that item had to travel to get into your hands.
Today’s tip: If it breaks, fix it rather than replace it. Buy it used. Clean it up, paint it, or call it “rustic”. Recycle the parts you can off of it before throwing it away. Use parts for craft projects.
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