"Reducing waste" — what a huge topic! The reduce.org Web site doesn't claim to be the last word on ways to reduce waste, but this list should give you an idea of what you can to expect within the site.
How to compost your organics
- Get growing, stop throwing
- Composting critters
- Can I compost it?
- Get started: The simple steps
- Using finished compost
- Common problems and solutions
- Links to other resources
Reducing waste at home
- Reduce paper waste at home
- Reduce packaging waste
- Reduce mercury in your home
- Prevent food waste
- Use the least hazardous cleaning products
- Buy the right amount of paint for the job, properly store it when you're done
- Prevent the need for pesticides in your home
- Find new life for old furnishings, appliances and clothes
- Maintain your vehicle
- Use a funnel
Creating less trash at school
- Pack a no-waste lunch
- Carry a few reusables
- Use less paper
- Take only as much food as you will eat
- Conduct a junk mail campaign
- Sell and shop "used"
- Reduce school bus idling and improve air quality
- Get informed and become more aware
- School waste reduction success story: Stowe Elementary
How to grow a healthy no-waste lawn and garden
- Your lawn and garden's effect on the environment
- Mow, fertilize, water and rake less
- Phosphorus and your lawn
- Compost yard waste and other organics
- Have your soil tested
- Garden and landscape to encourage wildlife and shade
- What your weeds are telling you
- Storing pesticides and fertilizers
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Treated Lumber/Wood
Reduce trash when you shop
- Purchase products that are returnable, reusable or refillable
- How about neither paper nor plastic
- Purchase products in bulk or with the least amount of packaging
- Get the most out of what you buy
- DfE: Better products by design
- Extending the life of your rechargeable devices
- Choose the least hazardous cleaning products
- Measure before buying paint
- Rent or borrow instead of buying
- Get it for free - Twin Cities Free Market
Reducing waste in the workplace
- Reduce your use of office paper
- Duplex printing and copying
- Materials Exchange
- Buying green for your office
- Minnesota Great Printers Project
- Building management tips
Reducing waste when traveling
- General tips for making less trash
- Food / Restaurant tips
- Sun Safety
- Transportation tips
- Hotel tips
- Eco-tourism
- Non-lead fishing tackle
Reducing "junk mail"
- Mail Preference Service (MPS)
- Contact individual mailers
- Credit offers
- Mail list brokers
- National mailers
- Local contacts
- Minnesota motor vehicle data
- Telemarketing: Minnesota's opt-out
- Business Tips
