02009 New Year's Resolution #13: Recycle Less

If you read my post from January 27, you already know that I'm a big fan of recycling. I think it's our responsibility to try to damage our environment not so much. However, while recycling is a good thing to do with what's already in the cycle, we're even better served if we combine "recycle" with "reduce" and "reuse". I'm pretty lousy about these latter two. (Of course, we also need to be better about buying recycled products using as much post-consumer content as possible. I guess that falls roughly under the "reuse" umbrella.) But I'm going to try to be better. So, here's my 13th New Year's Resolution of 02009:

I resolve to try to reduce the amount of junk mail that ends up coming in our door, which eventually ends up going to the recyclers. Specifically, I am going to make an effort to get all of the unwanted catalogs to stop visiting our mailbox.

To that end, next stop: http://www.catalogchoice.org/. I invite you all to play along.

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  1. petraFebruary 25, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    When you have some time, check out this video. I think you'll find it interesting! http://www.storyofstuff.com/ (We did the catalog thing last year... it's great!)

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  2. Louis J. CassorlaFebruary 26, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    I'm watching this now. It's fantastic! Thanks, Petra. I hope everyone will watch.

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