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There is More to Recycling Than Meets the Eye

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009   

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - While most Californians know what it means to recycle, they may not know there are various ways to do so, such as pre-cycling, free-cycling, up-cycling, down-cycling and e-cycling.

Amy Hock with Metro Waste Authority says these green "cycles" can help you save money, make for a healthier environment and be a good teaching tool for children. For instance, she explains, the practice of not buying more than you need is called "pre-cycling."

"Buy what you need and use what you buy, that is a way of pre-cycling - thinking before you make a purchase. Free-cycling is a term that is used when you give items away instead of throwing them away."

"Up-cycling" is creating useful items from recycled material. "Down-cycling" is reusing a product for an alternative, lesser-quality purpose to keep it out of the landfill; and "E-cycling" refers to the recycling of electronics. If the terms are confusing, however, Hock says all you really need to keep in mind is the "3 R's."

"They just need to keep remembering three words - it's reduce, reuse and recycle - and those three words can go a very long way."

Hock says any of these "cycles" can be used at home, school, office or wherever you find yourself, to keep material out of landfills.



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