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How to Avoid Creating Trash

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

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There are a number of ways to reduce individual impact on the planet's resources. Avoiding creating trash is a simple matter of making better choices and improving awareness. Look below for just a few of the many ways to avoid creating extra garbage.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Step1

Choose produce that comes loose or in very little packaging when at the grocery store. Food items that have several layers to their packaging are not only wasteful but harmful to the planet. The less people buy such products, the less likely they are to stay on the market.

Step2

Carry a reusable bag with you at all times. These days grocery stores and chain stores offer canvas or cotton bags that can be used over and over again to carry shopping. Some are so small they fold up and fit inside your purse, so there's really no excuse for not carrying one.

Step3

Wash out plastic containers and glass jars and reuse as storage containers in your home to avoid throwing them into the trash. Reuse everything from sour cream tubs and yogurt pots to pasta sauce jars and coffee cans.

Step4

Reuse plastic supermarket carrier bags as trash bags for small garbage cans in the home. Instead of throwing out the bag and buying garbage bags, you save money and create less waste.

Step5

Refuse to purchase water in plastic bottles. Plastic bottles are a major waste of resources. Buying one reusable water bottle is better.

Step6

Buy one good razor instead of purchasing an abundance of disposable razors. It's cheaper in the long run to buy a good razor that you replace less often than disposables that are not built for durability. Less money and less waste is a great combination.

Step7

Read your favorite magazines and newspapers online and cancel all print subscriptions. Every little bit helps reduce your impact on the earth.