Recycling is just that, a cycle, and so we must be aware to not only participate in recycling but also use our consumerism to reinforce its economy.
* Choose glass containers over plastic
* Buy recycled paper and understand paper jargon
Buy post-consumer. If the label indicates recycled but not post consumer it means that the company is simply collecting the scraps from the floor and putting them back onto the assembly line. 100% post consumer is ideal.
TCF (totally chlorine free): means virgin paper that wasn’t made with chlorine or chlorine-containing products.
PCF (processed chlorine free): recycled paper that was made without being re-bleached using chlorine or chlorine-containing products.
* Buy recycled toilet paper- it’s not reused its recycled-
if every household bought a 12-pack of 100% recycled paper rather than 400 sheet rolls made from virgin fiber, it would save 4.4 million trees and prevent the equivalent of 17 000 garbage trucks full of TP from going to the landfill.
* Be aware of packaging. Pick the loaf of bread that hasn’t been triple wrapped in plastic.
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