Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, then Recycle

 

 

Reduce, reuse and recycling can help our environment BIG TIME so c’mon help us with it recycle your papers, paper plates, cups, and plastics. It helps our trees and they produce oxygen and we need that too live!

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Reduce

Plastic bottles. Reducing plastic bottle’s can help our sources. 

 

Reuse

Aluminum. Reusing Aluminum is most important we must reuse that! 

Recycle

Paper if we recycle paper we won’t have to cut any more down! And trees produce oxygen

We can have a major impact on the amount of garbage produced in our state by becoming aware of how much we throw out and changing some of our habits about buying and using things.

Environmentally aware consumers are producing less waste by practicing the “3 Rs:” Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They are buying products that are less toxic or contain less packaging, using reusable containers and other reusable items, maintaining and repairing products, participating in recycling programs, and buying products made from recycled materials.

Global Warming and Climate Change in Minnesota
On a global basis, we know that in recent years the surface of the Earth is warming. Read this introduction to the causes and effects of global climate change in Minnesota, and learn what can be done.

Backyard Composting
If you have a yard that generates most any kind of green waste, you probably have the right ingredients and enough room to set up your own compost bin. Composting is easy and cheap, you can cut down your household garbage by hundreds of pounds each year, and create a mixture that can be used to improve the soil.

On-site Disposal: Do Not Burn Your Garbage
For most Minnesotans, it is against the law to burn or bury household wastes—it's been illegal since 1969. Learn more about the risks to the environment and human health of back yard burning of trash, and learn about alternatives.
 
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Reduce Waste: If not you, Who? Campaign
Visit www.reduce.org to learn how simple it is to reduce waste in your daily routine. Every Minnesotan can make a difference, and it starts with you — if not you, who?
Plug Into Recycling Plug Into Recycling: Recycle Old Electronics
Information for consumers and businesses about how and why to recycle waste electronics and electrical products.
Buy recycled! Minnesota's Recycled Products Directory
The searchable Recycled Products database lists quality, locally produced products made from recycled materials.
Minnesota's Consumer Handbook to Reducing Waste Less Waste?
This is a terrific introduction to things the average person can do to reduce waste, reuse items that are worn but not worn out, and recycle.
Recycle Used Motor Oil and Oil Filters
Here in Minnesota, recycling used motor oil and oil filters isn't just a good idea — it's the law! Motor oil is very recycleable (it doesn't wear out, but it does get dirty), and it can cause major pollution of the water and soil if improperly disposed.
Jig made from tin Let’s Get the Lead Out!
Lead sinkers and jigs pose a unnecessary threat to wildlife like loons and eagles. Learn about lead poisoning and non-lead alternatives for your tackle box.
No-Waste Holiday Ideas Holiday Hints
Reducing waste and giving “green gifts” during the holiday season can be simple. Information and ideas from Anoka County and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency can help.
Recycling in Minnesota
If you are interested in how Minnesota handles its solid waste, then the annual SCORE Report is the place to start. Each year, this report describes developments in the state, and shows the progress Minnesotans have made in reducing and recycling waste. These pages also offer simple searches of historical recycling and waste disposal data.
Second Helping: How to recycle your gently used cast-offs
This article offers up ways for consumers to get unwanted, but still perfectly good, things into the hands of people who want, need and will value them? (Reprint of an article in the Star Tribune.)
America Recycles Day: November 15th
ARD is Nov. 15thAmerica Recycles Day is an annual, nationwide awareness event that encourages people to recycle and to buy recycled products. Recycled products are high-quality, proven products that perform as well as their non-recycled counterparts. By using recycled materials, the manufacturers of recycled products create less pollution and use less energy.