Advantages of Reusing over Recycling
Green Home, Thinking Green, Video by Danny Lipford
While recycling paper, plastic, and metal is a great to reduce waste and help the environment, reusing materials is even better. With recycling you have to break the item down into raw materials to make something new, but reusing eliminates the labor and energy needed for manufacturing.
Sometimes an item can be reused in the same capacity. Another option is to convert it to a different use.
