The 3 R's Expanded
In the United States, in 1976, Congress passed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to help promote conservation of natural resources, recycling, and dealing with the rising trash problem. The slogan of the three R's, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" grew out of the efforts at that time to get the general public to use the new recycling programs starting up. It worked pretty well, its a catchy phrase and recycling centers and programs have grown all across the country. Today, however, reducing, reusing, and recycling are not enough. The 3 R's have been greatly expanded by grassroots efforts and environmental programs. In looking up the 3 R's you can now find expanded lists of R words to use to help you be more environmentally friendly. Most lists had 5-9 words, putting them altogether created 12! Reduce Reuse Recycle Repair Repurpose Refurbish Refuse Recover Regift Rethink Retrain Research That is a lot of options! While the first nine are actions we can do for t...