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Showing posts with label repurpose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label repurpose. Show all posts

The great recycling scam

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) And, yes, it is indeed a scam! We are encouraged, nay pressured even, to clean and nicely separate all our ...

The reuse economy or reuse sector

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia thinks, as does the department, that the r...

Reusing and upcycling tin cans

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Many food products and produce still come in tin cans of various sizes and while they, the tins, are – mostly...

Make Do and Mend

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Make do and mend is a basically philosophy and mindset that I grew up with as a child, as much as I grew up i...

Some eco-friendly actions you can take to protect the Planet

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Taking steps to protect the environment is something everyone should do and can do. It is our Planet and our ...

What to do with an old toothbrush

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Over the course of your life, you will buy things that are meant to last, like a home (if you are lucky enoug...

Waste has to stop

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) All waste has to stop and we are the only ones that can do this. We can stop waste and starve the trashcan. ...

Repurposing glass containers

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Reusing and repurposing class containers is probably as old as such containers themselves and in times past m...

Too many reports and studies, not enough thinking

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Be it the governments or organizations such as FoE reports and studies seem to be in the forefront and it is,...

The real R's of waste management

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) We keep hearing the mantra “reduce, reuse, recycle” but they way most people seem to perceive it, due to gove...

Why buy what you can make yourself?

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Often it is just a case of putting your mind to it and reusing, repurposing or upcyling some bits of waste in...

Recycling is dead!

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Reuse is king and we must change our ways to rethink how we act and interact by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The mantras and mindsets of th...

Think reuse and repurpose always first

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By Michael Smith (Veshengro) Recycling is, indeed the final option and solution. Once you head for the recycling bin you have lost. All ...

Something Found and Something Made

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Reusable finds and recycling DIY (with those items found or others) Ever since childhood this has been a pa...

Need a beer glass? Pull out a Frankfurter jar.

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Let’s, maybe, start a fashion trend by Michael Smith In the old poor student days of the 1960s and 1970s this was the way things were done. ...

How are the Rs”, as in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, working out for us?

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by Michael Smith First of all as far as I am concerned there should be at least one more “R” namely that or “re-purpose” or “rework”, that i...

Local Councils in England ask people re-reuse and recycle this festive season

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No, not recycling the festive season itself... by Michael Smith Households in the county of Kent, the neighbor to my own county, produced 2...

Reuse and re-purpose – better than recycle

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by Michael Smith Reuse and re-purposing must always be the first step. Recycling should only be the final option. While the slogan may indee...