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WASTE REDUCTION TIPS
Waste Reduction Tips
- Buy in bulk to reduce packaging.
- Bring your own cotton shopping bags to the grocery store.
- Ask for paper shopping bags, then reuse, recycle or compost them.
- Don't double bag your purchases
- Reuse your plastic grocery bags.
- Use and re-use cloth napkins, towels and rags instead of paper napkins and paper towels.
- Buy serviceable or quality items and avoid single-use items.
- Don't buy produce or baking goods in non-recyclable plastic containers (like clam-shell packages).
- Buy products that are made from recycled materials or packaged in recycled material.
- Use and re-use regular plates, cups and silverware instead of paper plates, cups, and plastic ware.
- Buy re-chargeable batteries, which are more readily recycled.
- Donate your old clothes and furniture to charities and missions to be resold.
- Have a garage sale so someone else can make use of your unwanted things.
- Use a travel mug or a thermos for your coffee - most coffee houses are glad to fill them for you.
- Take your household hazardous waste to a depot instead of dumping it with your garbage.
- Return your other reusable and recyclable items to a local Take it Back! retailer when you're done with them.
- Reconsider the necessity of your purchases - do you really need something new, or will your older one do? Reducing what you buy means thinking ahead and not buying on impulse.
- When buying paint, buy only what is required for the job.
- Before buying any hazardous waste chemical, check to see if there is an environmentally friendly alternative.
- Encourage business stewardship by returning used oil and tires and paying the disposal fee.
ZDROJ: www.ottawa.ca
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