Resale stores keep unwanted
items out of landfills and extend their use by offering them to new customers.
They also want us to remember it's important to keep gently used
items out of the landfills.
Not only does the store benefit our shelter, it also benefits the community at large by creating jobs & keeping unused / unwanted
items out of our landfill.
Not exact matches
I love reusing
items and keeping them
out of the
landfill.
From recycling more everyday
items like glass and plastic bottles and unwanted electrical goods to reducing our food waste, re-using carrier bags or trying
out new things like home composting, there's lots we can all do to help cut back on the amount
of waste we send to
landfill.
WHY: To have fun, to keep stuff
out of the
landfill and (for all
items sold @ # 5 Wyckoff) to build our Spay / Neuter Fund!
Not too long ago, on a typical summer day at the downtown market, we would throw
out about 500 gallons worth
of garbage bags destined for the
landfill, loaded with food scraps, plastic water bottles, to - go coffee cups, paper plates, soda cans, packaging and other discarded
items.
It empowers people on a grassroots and local level to take charge and make the world a better place, keeping countless tons
of reusable
items out of local
landfills.
If you have your period, women can swap
out a regular tampon for the Ruby Cup, which is a reusable menstrual cup that can be used for up to 10 years, thereby reducing the number
of unsustainable sanitary
items making their way to
landfill.
Remember, zero waste is about keeping everything
out of the
landfill, so when that old [random
item] leaves your house — where does it go if not the
landfill?
Certainly, any plastic we can keep
out of the
landfills and oceans is great, for whatever time that
item is reused or recycled.
From recycling more everyday
items like glass and plastic bottles and unwanted electrical goods to reducing our food waste, re-using carrier bags or trying
out new things like home composting, there's lots we can all do to help cut back on the amount
of waste we send to
landfill.
From recycling more everyday
items like glass and plastic bottles and unwanted electrical goods to reducing our food waste, re-using carrier bags or trying
out new things like home composting, there's lots we can all do to help cut back on the amount
of waste we send to
landfill.