The 10 'R's of Sustainability
❗❗ Waste Reduction is CRITICAL ❗❗
Is recycling the best choice out there? ♻
⚠ Spoiler alert: the facts and the figures point to
no.
In fact, there are better alternatives to recycling out there.
Recycling should be the last resort of waste - and there are
several other "R" words that should come before recycling to help ensure
a greener earth.
As of 2015,
approximately 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic had
been produced, of which 6.3 billion tons became plastic waste. How much
would you guess gets recycled?
If you said only 9% of all plastic waste
ever generated gets recycled, you'd be right. What does that
tell us? Well, it means that recycling does help, but the real key to
helping build a greener earth is the
reduction of waste, not the recycling of it.