RALLYING AROUND REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

摘要

In materials management, reuse has frequently been ignored or viewed as insignificant. But today, with leaders developing an increased focus on both environmental and economic sustainability, reuse can play a pivotal role in bringing us closer to our stated goals. Reuse conserves resources by extending product life cycles, and it presents the world with exciting and innovative business models that benefit social good. Reuse is most generally defined as the "use of a product more than once in its same form for the same or similar purpose" - the official definition from regulators in California. More creatively, however, reuse encompasses a host of waste reduction and diversion opportunities.