1. INTRODUCTIONTo reuse is to use an item more than once.Conventional reusing.New-life reusingRepair is often another function of the reusing

operation.Reduce-reuse-recycle

When you reuse ,you offer quality products to people and organizations with limited means, while generating jobs and business activity that can contribute to the economy.

For example : The Furniture Re-use NetworkThis sector:

employs over 3,000 staffprovides training for over 8,000 traineessupports over 10,000 volunteershelps around 700,000 low income householdsreuses 2.5 million items including 300,000 electrical items

and over 200,000 computersdiverts 90,000 tonnes of waste from landfill

2. Estimated Tonnage of Reusable Items in NYCREUSABLES Tons per year

Furniture & Furnishings 217,790 Major appliances 42,317Small appliances 21,750Carpets & rugs 67,011Clothing & footwear 114,324Towels, sheets & pillowcases 18,556Pallets & wood containers 254,388Total Tonnage 736,136

3. PLASTIC OR PAPER BAGSPlastic bags:

1000 years to break down.Million of gallons of oilThey aren’t biodegradable.Hundreds of thousand of marine mammals die

every year.

Paper bags:They are not better.The U.S. used 10 billion paper grocery

bags.Solutions:

High quality reusable shopping bags .Bags made up from corn.Taxes on the use plastic bags.

PAPERWe need paper, but we also need trees.

Recycled paper uses 70% less energyLess water and air pollution

 Solutions:Recycle newspapers and mixed paper.

REUSABLE BOTTLES

They should be clean with hot soapy waterBPA is toxic, it could produce breast and uterine cancer.Is not a good idea to burn them.Solution:

Steel bottles.

4. REUSABLE WATER BOTTLESIn the past, a plastic water bottle was an acceptable accesory.Before they became fashionable, we drank our water off the

tap or boiled filtered and cooled.Access to clean water is a basic human right, it doesn’t make

sense that we have to pay for it.Transport plastic bottles requires gas that releases carbon

dioxide into the atmosphere.40 million bottles a day are polluting our environment.Re-using plastic water bottles is also not a good choice as the

plastic can leach harmful contaminants into the water.

If you decide to go with a plastic water bottle, make sure that it is made from a material that is considered safe.

Check the bottom of the container. Numbers 2, 4 and 5 are relatively safe, while numbers 1, 3, 6 and 7 are not.

EXAMPLES OF REUSABLE ITEMSCarrier bags. They can be reused in the shops or as bin bags

around the house.Envelopes. They can be reused to make notes on.Jars and pots. By cleaning glass jars and small pots, you can

use them as small containers to store odds and ends.Newspapers. They can be reused for packing material when

moving house.Old clothes. Other people can reuse your unwanted clothes

when you donate them to charity shops.

Plastic bags Newspapers

5. REBUYING AND SECOND HAND

• Rebuying: purchasing products made from recycled materials.

• Second hand: buying something that has belonged to someone else before.

EXAMPLESSecond-hand shops Garage sales

Pages they show us new ways to re-use

Other curios and much more difficult things people do to re-use : To reuse old auto tyres Light Bulb Planter

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