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Reduce and Reuse Tips
- Carry canvas or mesh shopping bags and reduce the profusion of plastic.
- Buy beverages in refillable or returnable containers.
- Buy goods that are not over-packaged. Some goods can be purchased in bulk quantities.
- Choose products in containers that are accepted in our recycling program.
- Choose durable household goods rather than disposables.
- Donate items in good condition to charity, such as furniture and clothing.
- Reuse books by sharing them with others or donating them.
- Encourage your community group, school district, or business to use recycled paper in their publications.
- Instead of buying bottled water, wash the bottles and refill.
- Remove your name from junk-mail lists by writing to:
DMA Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association, P.O. Box 643, Carmel, NY 15012-0643. Give your address and every variation of your name under which you receive mail.
- Recycle old cell phones.
- Reuse Sunday comics and old road maps for wrapping gifts.
- Reuse large pieces of wrapping paper, bows and ribbons, and gift bags.
- Make gift tags by cutting out the pictures from greeting cards.
- Reuse paper clips and rubber bands.
- Use the blank side of sheets of paper as scrap paper and grocery lists.
- Save cardboard backing from note pads for craft projects, or as protection when mailing pictures.