Consume Less & Conserve
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New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice. The Center helps people live the dream, but in a way that ensures a livable planet for the future.
Every day, we require a little of the planet’s resources to keep us going. How we use those resources can make a big difference in determining the health of the planet, the well-being of others, even our own happiness. Everything we do has an impact. The trick is to make that impact more positive.
Produce less waste by practicing the 3 Rs: REDUCE the amount and toxicity of trash you discard; REUSE containers and products, and repair what is broken or give it to someone who can repair it; and RECYCLE as much as possible, which includes buying recycled.
At this website, learn how to find a new home for something you no longer need. The Freecycle Network is a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). Membership is free.
With many different recycling programs, Earth 911 enpowers the public with community-specific resources to improve their quality of life. Sustainable prevention programs protect our nation’s environment. Through a Public and Private Sector Partnership, economies of scale and scope are achieved, centralizing environmental resources into one user-friendly network.
DMA actively supports environmental protection in many ways, including those programs that promote recycling, tree replanting, solid waste management, and environmental education. Visit this website for some easy tips that will help you participate in environmental protection.
Billions of plastic bags are choking our planet. All these "free" bags ultimately cost both consumers and the environment plenty. Each year billions of bags end up as ugly litterand they eventually they break down into tiny toxic bits polluting our soil, river, lakes and oceans, killing countless animals needlessly each year. The production of plastic bags also requires vast amounts of oil.
Yard trimmings and food residuals together constitute 24 percent of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream. That's a lot of waste to send to landfills when it could become useful and environmentally beneficial compost instead! Composting offers the obvious benefits. Learn more at this website.
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