THE 3R’S
Have you heard of the 3’s, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle?
Let me explain more. when we talk about reducing this implies the amount of rubbish we generate.
EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN!
This means being kinder to our environment and nipping it at the source, and thinking before we drop that litter!
So what do we have to do? we have to try to Reuse what we can in other ways and not be so wasteful.
PLASTIC BOTTLES!
One example is, Reusing your plastic water bottle and refilling it with water, instead of buying the same again and again, leading to you having to dispose of your plastic bottle, hence resulting in more throw-outs!
CRAZY DRINKERS!
The same with coffee, tea, or chocolate drinkers purchasing their fix every day, for example when going to work, repeat buying, and consequently a build-up of disposable cups! Let’s not forget the leisure drinkers too!
WORK THIS OUT!
Say a consumer buys one a day, in a month that’s twenty disposable cups, and if you are looking at a year’s worth that’s at least 240 cups, less or more not including holidays, but more if it’s twice a day!
Can you imagine what that would cost you?
Later on in this post, I will be recommending a great idea to address this!
ABOUT RECYCLING!
Now moving on to Recycling, I am glad a lot more established manufacturers are looking into this, providing a solution to deal with their packaging. Go to ‘What happens to our plastic waste?’ to see some of the branded companies supporting this cause!
Also, you can get to see what I turn some of the plastic bottles into!
ABOUT PAPER!
A very good way to recycle throw-outs when it comes to any type of paper is, for example, a collection of old newspapers, magazines cardboard and repulping it into new paper.
Check out ‘Newspaper craft for kids!’ where this is demonstrated, and what you can do with your newspapers!
ABOUT EGGBOXES!
I have shown this process in a previous post ‘Learning game for kids!’ on how they make eggboxes by recycling all types of used papers, including cardboard into a pulp and then into eggboxes! Check out the easy super learning game for kids too!