Reduce, Reuse, then Recycle

Ryan and Leslie discuss making conservation-friendly decisions for your household.

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Show Notes & Helpful Links

Set the table

It's Reduce, Reuse, THEN Recycle. The order is functional. 

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Segment 1: Reduce & Reuse

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• Think blister packaging and food delivery containers. 

• Put plastic last except maybe for grocery bags which are very easy to reuse as, say, trash liners that have less plastic than marketed trash liners. 

• Get creative for reusing 

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Segment 2: Recycling-What to do

• Not nearly as effective as we are lead to believe. 

• Figure out what local options are. Not just processing, actual recycling. Do those.  

  • Remember to rinse items

• Discuss ​“new” ideas: going back to the milkman set up. 

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Segment 3: A little background on plastics and recycling conundrum 

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Closing

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Helpful Links

• The World's Recycling Is in Chaos. Even before China’s ban, only 9 percent of discarded plastics were being recycled.

• How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage

• China is clamping down on dirty recycling from across the globe

• KISS it for composting

• Back to the milkman format. This innovation is currently in limited release in Paris and New England

• The Plastics Paradox​

• Landmark French Law Will Stop Unsold Goods Being Thrown Away

• Tiffins: Take it to go So much fascinating stuff here. Delivery of home cooking. The metal tins… My head is with reusables and milk man type delivery, so I just thought this was interesting.