How to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Redirecting waste headed to landfills means a longer lifespan for our landfills with the added benefit of giving a second life to our waste.

At the Neighborhood Scale

  1. Think. Assess the amount of litter in your neighborhood
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  1. Plan. Speak with your neighbors and consider what improvements of gaps in education need to be addressed
  2. Act. Set up a community clothing drive by contacting a nearby shelter, thrift store, or school
  3. Maintain. Share KT/LCB's resource for how to handle different types of waste at neighborhood meetings and in newsletters
  4. ​Go Beyond. 
  • ​​​Organize a neighborhood e-waste drive by partnering with UT  
  • Organize a compost delivery with GROWs or LCSWCD
  • Set up an energy challenge with the help of________
  • Promote creative re-use through art parties or attend ________
  • Make a neighborhood pledge
 Attract, engage, connect
observe, analyze, strategize, act
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Resources

  • KT/LCB
  • LCSWCD
  • Lucas County map of recycling sites
  • Where to get compost
  • How to compost at home
  • Hazardous waste instructions
  • Where to donate used items in good condition
  • Where to find re-purposed goods
  • Denim and shoe recycling drives: http://www.gogreenohio.org/

    Community Projects
    Share what you've done!
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Toolkit Forum
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