Try one great idea and then you can find out the practical use of savings. Get a jar and each time you skip the paper towel purchase, put the savings into the jar. By the year end, go out and spend that money on whatever you want. For the family and for the children. There’s even a better way to do this, ask each member of the household to get a jar and every time someone saves by reusing, put the savings into the jar. And that person gets to keep that money.

• Reduce – making something smaller or using less, resulting in a smaller amount of waste.
  • “Source reduction” is reducing waste before you purchase it, or by purchasing products that are not wasteful in their packaging or use.
  • A key part of waste reduction is conservation– using natural resources wisely, and using less than usual to avoid waste.
• Reuse – putting an item to another use after its original function has been fulfilled. There are two types of reuse possible:
  • Conventional reuse – where the product is used a number of times for the same function before becoming obsolete or unusable.
  • New life reuse – where a new use is found for the item.
• Recycle - collecting materials that would otherwise be considered waste to be broken down and remade into new products. Recycled materials can be derived from:
  • Pre-consumer waste – materials used in manufacturing.
  • Post-consumer waste – materials discarded by the consumer.

  Source: U.S. General Services Administration

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