It's likely you know and love the chant "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." We hope you also practice at least one of those R's too, if you're a follower of this website.

Yet, many green living advocates have suggested a need for three additional R's on this list.

Beth Melillo, in her thought-provoking blog on greensalem.com, discusses ways you can implement these ideas.  She writes--

• Refusing an item prevents unnecessary doodads from entering your house, car, or seat at the bar in the first place. Without the offending object in your space, you won't have to clean it, care for it, repair it, or recycle it at the end of it's life.
   
• "Reducing" is really about consuming fewer resources overall and generating less waste.