Recycling alone won’t make up for what we put in landfills.
Here are ways to reduce waste production, because most items have another use.
I didnt want to trash it, but I wasnt sure what my other options were.
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Liesel Clark is an award-winning filmmaker and co-founder of the Buy Nothing Project.
For instance, items like underwear thats either too small,too raggedy, or too blood-stained.
And through that process, Ive come to realize that theres a home for everything.
Liesel Clark is an award-winning filmmaker and co-founder of the Buy Nothing Project.
Ive come to realize that theres a home for everything.
Weve got reduce, reuse, recycle, but how about if we refuse firstrefuse to buy?
asks Clark, who is also an environmental filmmaker for National Geographic and PBS.
We produce a lot of waste.
Thats about five pounds per person per day.
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For example, consider the resealable bags that flour tortillas often come in.
I washed them out, saved them, and I posted 20 of them at a time.
And lo and behold, there was a woman who absolutely wanted them, says Clark.
Someone quickly commented that his girlfriend wanted a blender forsmoothies, and he wanted a new project.
Theres even a use for all of the stuff that seems like absolute garbage.
If figuring out which organizations take which products sounds like work, thats because it is.
requires a mental muscle many of us arent used to exercising.
Just be mindful that everything has valueeverything, she says.
There is a place where everything can go, ultimately, and hopefully, be either reused or recycled.
This habit shift also requires time and space.
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