Besides recycling, what are some other ways that we can help with the landfills?

Question

Besides recycling, what are some other ways that we can help with the landfills?

Answer 1

Eat everything on your plate without getting fat.

"Paper or plastic bags?" The dam enviro-mental cases wanted plastic bags to "save the trees". Now the bums want paper to keep plastic from polluting the land. It was the same idiots that wanted NO nuclear power plants, and now they want nuclear power plants to "save the environment". The whole world would be a heck of a lot better off if they would shut the h**l up and ignore the whiners!! And THAT'S the freakin' inconvenient TRUTH

Answer 2

ask for paper bags at your grocery store and use the paper bags for your household garbage. it will reduce the long time plastic takes to decompose with paper that takes somewhat less time to decompose. I would also guess that having a personal trash compactor would decrease the amount of space your refuse would take up in the landfill. The option of reusing your wastes can go quite far I have even heard of people throwing there left over food into their own yards allow scavaging wildlife dine on it. ( I think that is a good way to attract predators and vermin myself tho)

Answer 3

Buy less stuff.

Buy stuff that lasts.

Reuse is better than recycle.  Find good homes for stuff you no longer want or need, like Good Will or sell it on eBay.

Buy used stuff as well.

Look at the packaging as well as the product.  Lots of things are way over packaged.

Answer 4

Before going to the store to buy brand new items ask around or check yardsales to see if you can get a similar item used.  Have you checked out www.freecycle.org ?  It is an online community where people post things they are about to get rid of but want to keep out of the landfill to see if anyone else wants it.  You can also post a request for an item.