Stories | Reduce, Reuse, Refill

Porcelain sugar bowl exemplifies reusable packaging

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

Greener Grads Biz Takes Graduation Gowns Back for Reuse

23 May 2015

Seth Yon

Reduce Reuse Refill, Share Rather Than Own

Seth Yon's Greener Grads business, launched in 2014, helps grads keep gowns out of landfills — and into a reuse stream where they can be worn up to 15 times before repurposing.

WeHateToWaste Salutes Patagonia Worn Wear

10 Dec 2013

Jacquie Ottman

Live Efficiently, Reduce Reuse Refill, Repair and Repurpose

The new Patagonia Worn Wear campaign is an initiative after our waste-hating hearts. It's built around high quality clothes that are made to last, and the stories being told about them by people who live quality lives.

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

Pack Up Your Life in a Suitcase and Focus on Less but Better Stuff

Packing for Life: The First Step to Living Lightly

08 Jun 2012

Melissa OYoung

Donate, Live Efficiently, Reduce Reuse Refill, Regift, Swap

Ever packed up your life and limited yourself to the most essential belongings during a move? Learn how to live with less (but better!) stuff.

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.