What are you sending to the landfill that could be going somewhere else?
“Waste (also referred to as rubbish, trash, refuse, garbage, or junk) is unwanted or unusable materials.” -Wikipedia
Unwanted or unusable materials.
Finding new uses, finding people who want what we don’t want, splitting our waste streams into different categories–all of these are ways that are allowing us to cut back on what we send to our landfills.
The landfills themselves are non-renewable resources, once they are full, they are full and we need to find a new place for a new landfill.
To cut back on what we send to landfills the first step is to stop and think before we throw away anything. We need to be more conscious of our waste.
Can it be recycled?
Can it be reused?
Do you need that type of “thing” at all?
All of those single-use plastic bags, which may be outlawed in our state in the near future, do we really need them?
Create separate waste streams. What is compostable? Reusable? Recyclable? Far more than you think!
Thinking and being aware are the first steps toward a Waste Free OC.
Tags: California, Orange County, Waste Free OC
June 30, 2010 at 12:22 am
I agree! This is all about education and getting people to think. If people would take that moment to think, before throwing things away–we would be sending FAR FAR less to the landfill and using fewer resources.