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Recycling Quotes

Words on reducing waste and rethinking use.

These recycling quotes range from municipal targets — cutting garbage output by a set date — to personal habits, like always bringing a reusable bag to the store. Together they treat recycling as both policy and everyday practice.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Delaware
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Nov 07, 2020

Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again.

Quotes by Ruth Ann Minner

Nov 07, 2020

I'm a recycling obsessive.

Quotes by Perdita Weeks

Looking
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Nov 07, 2020

In the draft plan, we're looking at recycling 20 percent of our garbage by 2010.

Quotes by Michael E. Mann

Bag
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Nov 07, 2020

My mom is the recycling Nazi, and I always bring a bag to the grocery store.

Quotes by Jane Levy

Nov 07, 2020

The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse.

Quotes by Issey Miyake

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

For me, green is more about cycling than recycling.

Quotes by Giles Deacon

Nov 07, 2020

If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.

Quotes by Ed Begley, Jr.

Imposed
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Nov 07, 2020

The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids.

Quotes by Antonio Banderas

Cool
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Nov 07, 2020

We were in recycling before recycling was cool.

Quotes by Anthony Pratt

One quote pushes the idea further, arguing the real goal should be reuse, not recycling. For more on how these habits shape daily life, see our Environment quotes or our Slogans collection.

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