2007-05-10 14:47:13 · 9 answers · asked by Chelsey 5 in Environment ➔ Green Living
Stop buying all those cell phones.
When your computer gets old try upgrading instead of running out and getting another, throwing away the "old" one.
Try and fix and repair what you have instead of insisting on that new whatever.
Fact is most everything we buy these days are meant to be thrown away so much quicker then in the past. People who care have to make these big companies make things that can last five years at least!
New gadgets are fun and great and everything, but they are made so cheap!! Even clothing is made to be thrown away very quickly! TV sets, printers,kitchen appliances. America is a throw away country! And frankly most Americans have something more important to worry about...
Just a shame!
2007-05-10 14:57:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When something breaks have it repaired, even though the cost to replace the item wouldn't be that much more.
What do you include in 'recycling?' I compost, and use a lawn mower that mulches in the grass and leaves. I don't rake it up and it fertilizes and doesn't end up in a landfill. A few cities have municipal composting but that should be universal.
More 'recycling' -- a lot of what some of us consider junk can be used by artists to produce works that are visually and mentally stimulating. As a society we could promote this at the college level.
Go to a school at lunchtime. Offices aren't much better. At schools, so much waste is produced. Buy products that generate less waste or make your kid lunch and use reusable containers. The same goes for offices, except they also go out to eat often, which again produces more waste than a homemade meal in recyclable containers.
Learn about permaculture and sustainable living. We can all reduce our ecological footprint with a little education and effort. The reward is a better world for this and future generations.
2007-05-11 09:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use freecycle.org and other means, such as shopping primarily at secondhand stores, to avoid all the shipping and packaging that comes with 'new' products.
Either give up fizzy soft drinks altogether, or have a tap system installed so that you don't have to recycle tons of aluminum cans, plastic bottles, or other containers.
Recycling isn't all it's cracked up to be; it turns out that the recycling process consumes a great deal of energy separating, washing, and transporting the items.
Turn yourself into an infrequent consumer. Weigh your garbage each week, and chart your lesser consumption by how much less you throw away--INCLUDING recyclables!
2007-05-10 23:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by nora22000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. When you go grocery shopping, use a reusable canvas shopping bag instead of carrying your groceries home in a plastic or paper bag.
2. Buy products with less packaging.
3. When you ship a package, use popcorn instead of Styrofoam packing peanuts. Tell the person receiving the package to eat or compost the popcorn.
4. Re - use your old containers such as glass bottles and plastic jugs.
5. Compost your food waste. Use the compost instead of store bought fertilizers.
6. Use as many rechargeable batteries as possible.
7. Recycle your print cartridges, buy electronics that allow for upgrades.
8. Give your used clothes to charity such as Goodwill or the Salvation Army.
9. Limit your trips to fast food restaurants, go to fast food restaurants that limit their packaging.
10 Limit your purchases of disposable items such as air freshners, non recycled paper towels, and paper napkins.
2007-05-10 23:09:49 · answer #4 · answered by Cacaoatl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Use what you have until it is not usable anymore, then try to dismantle the item and recycle as much as possible. Even an old coffee pot can be broke down and much of it recycled by separating the clear glass, plastic, wiring and such and disposing of it properly.
2007-05-10 22:16:59 · answer #5 · answered by Christine H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buy less, drive less, use it up, wear it out. Some of us learned this as kids during WW11 when many things were rationed. We didn't suffer, we still had fun. What has happened to the current generations is one of extreme wastefulness. I fear for the future of the US. We may turn out to be one big landfill.
2007-05-11 15:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by lpaganus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So true, once everything would be fixed not thrown away.
Buy recycled products.
2007-05-10 22:15:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about using old strip mines? I wonder how much junk we could throw into the Bisbee mine in Arizona.
2007-05-11 09:15:48 · answer #8 · answered by John L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reuse things that are reuseable
2007-05-10 22:00:40 · answer #9 · answered by Trooper 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋