As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling

Re:As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling by ish on Saturday March 16, 2019 @06:30PM (#19410785)

I hope you don't mind if I add to your list -- I like the 5 R's:

1. Refuse 2. Reduce 3. Reuse 4. Repurpose 5. Recycle

Arguably Refuse and Repurpose are derivative, but I still like calling them out.

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Re:As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling by scrollaway on Saturday March 16, 2019 @07:58PM (#19411234)

The "Three R's" have been a thing forever. https://home.fandom.com/wiki/Reduce,_reuse,_recycle

"Refuse" sounds like you're just repeating the point of Reduce (=> Reduce consumption). And "Repurpose" is exactly the same as "Reuse".

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Re:As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling by dredmorbius on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:45AM (#19413702)

I like your first addition, though really your 1 & 4 roll into the traditional "reduce" and "reuse", respectively.

I'd like to see far more internalisation of full sourcing, energy, and sink costs, as that's ultimately the most effective way to shift usage patterns, though this seems unlikely.

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