Super Eco

Glossary › R › Reuse

Reuse

Last updated, 06/04/2009 Comments (0) |

Photo credit: mslume, flickr

Reuse is making use of something beyond its intended lifespan.

This could include anything from junk mail, to packing peanuts, chopsticks, glass containers, or corks.

By utilizing an item more than once, either for the same purpose or by giving it a new use, the life of an item is extended.

Reuse is an important component of the 3Rs: reduce, recycle, reuse.

What items do you seldom buy because you've become so accustomed to reusing them? Rubber bands? Twist ties? Paper or plastic bags from the grocery?

Reuse News

• 

  Feature How to green your pocket garden

  If a small plot is your plight, fear not for, it's pocket gardening to the rescue! Taking a lesson from good old mother nature, who can send up a shoot of something green through… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (10 days ago) 0 comments

  Definitions

  DIY, Recycling, Victory Garden, Organic, Upcycling, Reuse

• 

  Top three toxic products to stop buying now

  As much as we love suggesting sustainable stuff to buy—recycled candles, green iPhone apps, Omega-3 supplements—we get even more of a charge from suggesting things not… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (30 days ago) 2 comments

  Definitions

  Reuse, Recycling, Phthalate, Toxicity, Vinegar, Bisphenol-A (BPA)

• 

  Reignite your love of candles

  Candles can burn up your efforts at sustainability in no time flat. Chunks of leftover paraffin, lead and other heavy metals in the wick, ugly streaks of particulate matter… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (31 days ago) 0 comments

  Definitions

  Particulate, Eco-friendly, Sustainable, Indoor air quality, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycling, Post-consumer recycled, Soy

• 

  Supporting libraries as they support more readers

  Gather round, good consumers of America ... Today, we'd like to urge you to reach into your wallet to pull out some plastic, for the good of our economy and the love of our… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (37 days ago) 0 comments

  Definitions

  Eco-friendly, Reuse

• 

  Recycling 3-D movie glasses

  What's the point of going to see a blockbuster movie like Avatar in 3-D if you end up despoiling the entire environmental message by tossing your fancy plastic 3-D glasses into the… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (38 days ago) 1 comment

  Definitions

  Eco-friendly, Recycling, Reuse, Carbon footprint

  Web News

  tonic.com 

Add a comment Cancel & reply to article ›