waste reduction
Cutting down garbage
Waste reduction is the practice of minimizing the amount of discarded material, whether through consuming less, reusing items, or designing products that generate less refuse.
The term appears in environmental policy and corporate sustainability efforts: The company's waste reduction initiatives cut landfill contributions by forty percent.
Distinguished from recycling, which manages waste after creation, waste reduction aims to prevent waste from existing in the first place.
- upcyclingImproving discarded materials' value
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- circular economyRegenerative resource management model
- industrial symbiosisBusinesses exchanging waste as resources
- energy efficiencyMinimizing wasted power
minimalism · dematerialization · composting · environmental legislation · water conservation · declutter · junk drawer · prevention · trash · curb appeal · garbage · renewable resources · sustainable · plastic · reuse · sorting · scraps · biodegradable
- eco-friendlysustainable, fair trade, green, biodegradable, recyclable
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- waste managementtrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, litter
- eco actionsrecycling, composting, tree planting, water conservation, energy saving
- eco kidsnature walks, nature hikes, Earth Day, recycling, tree planting
- efficiencyoptimization, efficient, streamlining, effective, optimize
waste reductionthrowaway culture
Norm of discarding over repairing
planned obsolescence · wastefulness · profligacy · disposability · consumerism
waste reductionoverconsumption
Excessive use of resources
conspicuous consumption · extravagance · hoarding · hyperconsumption · squandering
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