DEC’s Solid Waste & Recycling Newsletter

New Year, New You – Quick Tips

As we start the New Year, make a resolution to waste less! Reducing your waste doesn’t have to be an all or nothing goal. Swapping one habit for another is all it takes to start living a more waste-free, friendly lifestyle!

Waste Less Food

• Learn how to compost at home
• Participate in a food scraps drop off program
• Participate in a residential food scraps collection program
• Get creative with your food – think about the food you are throwing away and how you might be able to cook with it.
• Learn about New York State’s upcoming Food Donation & Food Scraps Recycling Law

Use Less Single Use Plastic

• Bring your own reusable bag with you while shopping
• Pack a reusables on the go kit and stow it in your car, backpack, purse or other travel bag – reusable mug, water bottle, to go container, shopping bag, etc.
• Skip the straw or sip through a reusable
• Reflect on where you use plastic in your life and start making small changes – swap out the single use coffee cup for a reusable mug, shampoo bottle for shampoo bar, etc. 
• Go for the gold and participate in Plastic Free July

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