ShareThisMinimize Environmental Waste. Changing minor things can help reduce unnecessary waste. Try using durable coffee mugs, cloth napkins and towels; repurpose empty jars into containers for leftover food and purchase refillable pens and pencils. Each of these small steps can help make a difference for landfills.X...X...XRefill Water Bottles. According to the Container Recycling Institute, 86 percent of plastic water bottles used in the United States become garbage or litter. In landfills, buried plastic water bottles can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade.X...X...XReuse Office Supplies. Reuse items like paperclips, folders and binders and other organizational supplies. Instead of tossing out used printer paper, keep it in a tray to use as scratch paper.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.)
Environmental waste ... Water bottles
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