2008
Back to Basics: Recycle
The final post in a series of three on the basic principles of green living.

2008
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Back to Basics: Reduce
The first in a series of three posts on the basic principles of green living.
Back to Basics: Reuse
The second in a series of three posts focusing on the basic principles of green living.

No one really knows how to talk about toilet paper. Those of us in the modern world think of this as a simple necessity while many of those around the world do not have such a luxury (ever wonder why you’re not supposed to shake with a certain hand in some countries?). But why spend lots of money that you are just, er, flushing down the drain anyway?
Well, recycled toilet paper to the rescue! What a great idea! Recycle all the paper we use anyway and recycle it into something …

Once upon an early-90s jingle, kids were taught to “Reduce, reuse, recycle and don’t pollute!” by a singing cartoon. It was cute and kind of clever, but it may not have quite hit the message home. What that catchy tune didn’t explain was the importance of doing things in that order – reduce, reuse and then recycle.

But why that order?

In this series, “Back to Basics”, I am covering the essentials of “going green” by focusing on the basic principles of green living. First in the series was Reduce, the second was Reuse, and today we will cover Recycle.
The purpose of recycling is similar to reusing, except that recycling is usually done to create new products of old ones to not waste useable resources such as wood, plastic, glass, etc. This obviously reduces our need for virgin materials (such as wood or rubber) and allows us to give new life …

In this series, “Back to Basics”, I am covering the essentials of “going green” by focusing on the basic principles of green living. First in the series was Reduce and today we will cover Reuse, or as I like to call it, repurposing!
The very point of reusing items to take a once useful item and use it again to suit your new need – you’ll quickly see what I mean. It’s remarkably easy and extremely frugal. And if you’ve been reading this site for awhile, you know how much I …