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[E3 wise]

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http://www.instructa...owto/upcycling/

The Three R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Tips on reducing waste and conserving resources. The three R's - reduce, reuse and recycle - all help to cut down on the amount of waste we throw away. They conserve natural resources, landfill space and energy.

REDUCE: Reducing the amount of waste you produce is the best way to help the environment. There are lots of ways to do this. For example: Buy products that don't have a lot of packaging. Or Start a compost bin. Some people set aside a place in their yard where they can dispose of certain food and plant materials.

REUSE: Instead of throwing things away, try to find ways to use them again.Like:Plastic containers and reusable lunch bags are great ways to take your lunch to school without creating waste.

RECYCLE: Many of the things we use every day, like paper bags, soda cans, and milk cartons, are made out of materials that can be recycled. Recycled items are put through a process that makes it possible to create new products out of the materials from the old ones.

UPCYCLING: reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of a higher quality or value than the original.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UPCYLING AND RECYCLING? Upcycling is described as reusing a material without degrading the quality and composition of the material for its next use while recycling breaks down the material it was made of to.

From E3Wise
So we found this neat site that has so many different recycling and upcycling ideas and projects that we just had to pass it on to the forum, check it out.  Here is the web address for the entire site.
http://www.instructa...s.com/    check out the thousands of projects and pass it on.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

I've known several folks over the years that have turned "trash to treasure" into a business. Picking up
discarded items, repairing them and reselling them gave them a viable income.