Reduce

Why should we reduce waste?

Financial Impact

Who doesn’t want to save money?
When deciding what to reduce, ask yourself, “How much of the stuff that I buy do I use? How much of it do I need?
According to a study done by USA Today, the average American adult spends $1,497 a month on nonessential items.
This includes take out food, bottled water, impulse purchases and nonessential clothing.
Most of us have more than we need. Make it your mission to buy only things you need to benefit your wallet and the environment.

Reduce Landfills

According to the EPA, each person produces 4.40 pounds of garbage daily.
About 230 million tons of municipal garbage is produced each year.
The garbage ends up in landfills, which creates water and air pollution and generates a horrendous smell that affects all the surrounding communities.
These landfills will be around much longer than us, as plastic takes 100 to 400 years to break down entirely in a landfill.
Therefore, we need to reduce the number of things we all use, slowing the growth of landfills.

Save Energy and Resources

There is less energy used to recycle materials compared to making new materials.
In fact, recycling one aluminum can save enough energy to power a television for two hours.
Resources like aluminum, petroleum and trees are all used to make new materials such as cans, plastic bags and paper packaging.
These resources are nonrenewable, and we will run out if we keep using them at the current rate.

Safer Future

Mining and manufacturing processes emit dangerous greenhouse gases.
Our climate is changing. By reducing our waste we can lessen the impact on our agriculture and freshwater locations.
We can even lower the frequency of natural disasters that are affecting our communities internationally.

Climate Change

Lessen the impact to our agriculture and fresh water locations.
Lower the frequency of natural disasters that are affecting our communities internationally.
Protect endangered species.

Lessen Landfill Impacts on Surrounding Communities

Landfills create water pollution when certain particles saturate the trash and the water treatment process cannot remove them. The drinking water in surrounding communities can become contaminated.
When materials decay, natural gases release into the air, creating air pollution. Being surrounded by these toxic gases can be a factor in lung and heart complications.

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