Welcome back! All month we’ve been looking at the 4 R’s of “refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle” Last week we talked about some ways to reuse items from our home we no longer wanted and ways to get free items that others no longer wanted. This week we’re going to talk specifically about books. […]
Our society is dumpster-happy. Millions of items are thrown away every day that are perfectly useable. I live in a 3rd floor apartment and can see into our dumpster and my heart breaks over the items I see thrown out. This week we’re going to look at another “R”- we’ve covered reduce, we’ve covered refuse, […]
Last week we looked at the new “R” in the reduce, reuse, recycle phrase of “refuse.” This week we’re going to talk about “recycle.” This whole “Waste Less and Be Green in 2015” series has focused heavily on reducing. It is my hope that by the end of the year you’ll have significantly reduced your […]
We’re all familiar with the “three Rs” of reduce, reuse, recycle. Recently a 4th “R” has been popping up among Zero Waste bloggers: “refuse”- refuse excess packaging, refuse free samples you don’t need, refuse excess waste… etc. This one is really hard for me to do. I’m a sucker for free samples. Those cute tiny […]