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5 R's of Sustainable Practices

The document outlines the 5 R's approach to sustainability: refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle. It provides examples for each R, such as refusing single-use plastics, reducing energy usage, reusing containers, upcycling old items, and recycling materials to create new products. The key message is that refusing unnecessary items is the most impactful step, followed by reducing consumption and reusing items, with recycling coming last as it still produces waste.

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5 R's of Sustainable Practices

The document outlines the 5 R's approach to sustainability: refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle. It provides examples for each R, such as refusing single-use plastics, reducing energy usage, reusing containers, upcycling old items, and recycling materials to create new products. The key message is that refusing unnecessary items is the most impactful step, followed by reducing consumption and reusing items, with recycling coming last as it still produces waste.

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Radhika Khandelwal
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  • Introduction to 5 R's: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose
  • Refuse
  • Reduce
  • Reuse
  • Repurpose
  • Recycle
  • Refuse First, Recycle Last
  • Conclusion

5 R’s:

Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,


Repurpose

BY- RADHIKA KHANDELWAL


V-B
REFUSE
• Refuse things you don’t really need
• Refuse one-time-use plastics (grocery bags, water bottles)
• Refuse products with multiple layers of packaging
• Show companies what you value by purchasing carefully
• Organic
• Sustainable packaging
• Sustainable business practices
REDUCE
• Select electronic versions where possible (coupons, newspapers)
• Reduce energy usage
• Reduce purchases of products in non-recycled packaging
• Consider: do I really need this? Will I use this frequently?
• For example, do I really need 3 pairs of sunglasses, or can I get
by with one?
REUSE

• Select reusable versions of one-time use products (water bottles,


travel mugs, lunch containers)
• Reuse plastic or glass containers that originally contained food or
other products.
• Donate unwanted items to a charity, thrift store, relative for
someone else to use
REPURPOSE
• Upcycle projects
• Turn old clothes into cleaning rags, patches
• Decorate amazon boxes or empty oatmeal containers to use as
gift packaging
RECYCLE
• Recycle the usual suspects
• Recycle electronics
• Recycle means creating a new product out of a material that
already served its purpose
REFUSE FIRST, RECYCLE LAST

• Recycling is great, but it is far better


to not generate the waste in the first
place.

5 R’s: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose BY- RADHIKA KHANDELWAL V-B
REFUSE • Refuse things you don’t really need • Refuse one-time-use plastics (grocery bags, water bottles) • Refuse products w
REDUCE • Select electronic versions where possible (coupons, newspapers) • Reduce energy usage • Reduce purchases of products
REUSE • Select reusable versions of one-time use products (water bottles, travel mugs, lunch containers) • Reuse plastic or
REPURPOSE • Upcycle projects • Turn old clothes into cleaning rags, patches • Decorate amazon boxes or empty oatmeal contain
RECYCLE • Recycle the usual suspects • Recycle electronics • Recycle means creating a new product out of a material that alr
REFUSE FIRST, RECYCLE LAST • Recycling is great, but it is far better to not generate the waste in the first place.

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