BARACK OBAMA

THE THREE RS

The three Rs of ecologyor just3Ris a proposal on consumer habits, popularized by the organizationenvironmentalistGreenpeace, which aims to develop habits such asresponsible consumption.CONCEPT

This concept refers to strategies for waste management looking to become more environmentally sustainable and specifically give priority to reducing the volume of waste generated.

ORIGIN

During the Summit of theG8 in June 2004, the first Minister of Japan,Junichiro Koizumi, presented the three Rs Initiative seeks to build a society orientedrecycling.In April 2005 took place a meeting of ministers in which discussed with the United States, Germany, France and 20 other countries how they can be implemented internationally actions related to the three Rs.

TheThree Rs(3R) by bio-ecological importance are:

REDUCEREUSERECYCLE

REDUCE

Ifwe reducethe problem, we reduce the impact on the environment. The reduction can be performed at 2 levels: reducing theconsumptionof goods orenergy.

In fact, the production of energy currently produces numerous wastes (nuclear waste,carbon dioxide...).

The goal would be:

Reducing or eliminating the amount of material intended for a single use (for example, packaging).

Adapt equipment according to their needs. (example put washers and dishwashers full and not half load).

Reduce energy losses or resources: water, electrical appliances offstandby, efficient driving, disconnectingtransformers, etc.

REUSE

This is based onreusean object to give it a second life.All materials or property can have more than one life, either fixing them for the same use or imagination to a different use.

Examples:

Disposable bottles can be turned into green bricks, if they put all the plastic bags that are no longer used inside.The boxes or bottles of metal or plastic can be painted or decorated and reused to store various elements now.Used paper can be transformed into pulp and create new pages for writing.

RECYCLE

This is one of theRmost popular because thesystem current consumptionis preferred to use recyclable packaging materials (plastics and bricks, especially), but notbiodegradable.

This employment requires more personally and energy in the process.

Example: The glass and most plastics can be recycled by heating them until they melt and giving a new form.

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