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Mar 3, 2009

"The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity." --Thomas Love Peacock

Ten Ways to Reduce Waste

"Out here where we live you are responsible for getting rid of your own garbage. ... If you've never been to your city dump I can recommend visiting one for an educational experience. We live near a medium-sized city, and its official dumpsite stretches from horizon to horizon. A complete network of ramps, lanes, traffic signs and roads criss-crosses the entire area. ... You get out of your truck and your gag reflex kicks in, triggered by the potent stench of decay and a soup of mixed chemicals oozing into the soil. It won't take you long to realize that this is not an environmentally sustainable situation. ... We went home and decided to seriously cut back on our household waste. Turns out, it's easy." This article shares ten easy ways to reduce household waste.