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  2. Zero waste - Wikipedia

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    In the book Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying your Life by Reducing your Waste [36] the author, Bea Johnson, provides a modified version of the 3 Rs, the 5 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot to achieve Zero Waste at home. The method, which she developed through years of practicing waste free living and used to reduce her ...

  3. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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    Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.

  4. 3R - Wikipedia

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    The three Rs, the waste management hierarchy: reduce, reuse, and recycle; The three Rs, consumer remedies under Australian Consumer Law when consumer guarantees of goods are not satisfied: refund, replace, and repair; The three Rs (animal research), principles for ethical use of animals in testing: replacement, reduction, refinement

  5. Waste hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    It is sometimes accompanied by the text "reduce, reuse and recycle". Tool to evaluate processes protecting the environment Waste (management) hierarchy is a tool used in the evaluation of processes that protect the environment alongside resource and energy consumption from most favourable to least favourable actions. [ 1 ]

  6. Reduce, reuse, recycle. PNNL’s spin on Earth Day ... - AOL

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    Reduce, reuse, recycle. These “three Rs” of sustainability are often associated with Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22. When they debuted, they referred to simple actions that ...

  7. Recycling - Wikipedia

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    It can also prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reducing energy use, air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling). Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" waste hierarchy.

  8. Upcycling - Wikipedia

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    A common concept in Recycling is the 3Rs, which represent Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. According to The Upcycle Artist's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Art from Waste published by Upcycle Art And Craft Society (UAACS). [8] They coined a 3Rs principle for upcycling: Rethink, Reform, and Reborn.

  9. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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    3Rs Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; RAD Rotary Aerobic Digestion; RAG Recycling Advisory Group, Scotland; RCE Regional Centre of Excellence; RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution; RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US) RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle; RDA Regional Development Agency (all abolished in England on 31 March 2012)