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What’s In Your Purse? Fredrica’s Got 7 Reusables and a Good Reason to Carry Them

14 Aug 2014

Fredrica Rudell

Bring Your Own, Doggie Bags, Durable Not Disposable, Reduce Reuse Refill

We’re all familiar with the Capital One slogan, “What’s in your wallet?” reduce-reuse-refill tips icon But I didn’t expect waste-watcher-in-chief, Jacquie Ottman to pose a similar question over lunch: "What's in your purse? What reusables do you carry that help you prevent waste?"

Selfies with Reusable Coffee Mugs Help College Students ‘Kill The Cup’

30 Sep 2014

Drew Beal

Bring Your Own, Durable Not Disposable, Influence Others, Reduce Reuse Refill

How can we reduce the 50 billion paper cups that American send to landfill every year? Drew Beal's 'Kill The Cup' campaign makes a game out of switching disposable coffee cups to reusable mugs. Who will be the ultimate cup killer?

takeout containers reusable to-go containers tiffin project

The Tiffin Project: Reusable To-Go Containers

18 Feb 2014

Hunter Moyes

Bring Your Own, Doggie Bags, Durable Not Disposable, Reduce Reuse Refill

The Tiffin Project of Vancouver, Canada partners with local restaurants to promote the use of reusable to-go containers and reduce food packaging waste.

Scream Mug with Disposable Ballpoint Pens

What I Plan to Do About My Disposable Pen Peeve

21 May 2013

Fredrica Rudell

Bring Your Own, Durable Not Disposable, Live Efficiently, Reduce Reuse Refill

Disposable Pens Are No Small Problem According to the EPA, Americans throw away 1.6 billion disposable pens every year. Add the rest of the world, multiply by over 50 years of writing with disposable pens, and that’s a lot of metal and plastic waste ending up in landfill! I suspect it’s just the tip of the iceberg, given the piles of disposable pens that many of us haven’t thrown out yet. Not to mention the refillable pens that we never take the trouble to refill.

Porcelain sugar bowl exemplifies reusable packaging

I Wish Every Package Was Refillable Like My Sugar Bowl

01 May 2013

Jacquie Ottman

Bring Your Own, Durable Not Disposable, Reduce Reuse Refill

Hate wasteful packaging? Consider the sugar bowl as inspiration for permanent, refillable, alternatives to disposable packaging.

12 million child car seats wind up as waste in the U.S. each year (Image: WHTW / safetysquad.com)

How to Put an End to Child Car Seat Waste

05 Mar 2015

Jenny Abel

Durable Not Disposable, Lease, Recycle, Reduce Reuse Refill, Share Rather Than Own

What can we do about the 12 million car seats Americans buy every year that eventually end up in landfills? Green mom, Jenny Abel, shares her ideas.

Hold the Plastic Grocery Bags: Training the Check-Out Clerk

10 Jul 2012

Melissa OYoung

Bring Your Own, Durable Not Disposable, Reduce Reuse Refill

How to train the checkout clerk to hold the disposable plastic grocery bags.

Older it is longer it lasts WeHateToWaste.com clock image

The Older It Is the Longer It Lasts

21 Apr 2012

Jacquie Ottman

Durable Not Disposable, Reduce Reuse Refill, Repair and Repurpose

Why old products work better

Introducing Our Official WeHateToWaste People Towels

19 Apr 2013

Jacquie Ottman

Bring Your Own, Durable Not Disposable, Reduce Reuse Refill, Save Energy Water and Other Resources

We Hate To Waste proudly announces our very own custom People Towels -- in two different designs, our Parade and a customized blue, green and grey plaid.