Marla Gibbs Quotes

There is no 'recycle too much.' That's an oxymoron.

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

Reducing and reusing take nothing more than a rethink on the way we shop, and using our imagination with the things that we might once have considered junk.

I'm a recycling obsessive.

My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.

I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.

Even clingfilm - if it's gone over a salad bowl, take it off, use it again. I wash out carrier bags; I save brown paper from parcels. I save string; I save ribbons. I separate all my bits and pieces.

I'm mad keen on recycling because I'm worried about the next generation and where all this waste we're producing is going. It has to stop. I wash out my plastic containers and recycle envelopes, everything I possibly can.

Not everything needs to be recycled.

The day we dispose of the idea of disposability will be a great one for the planet.

There is no such thing as waste. It is just a question of whether we know how to use something or not.

Reusing and recycling our materials is the most important thing we can do.

I was brought up to reuse things.

Consuming less means throwing away less, while reusing things actually helps to save the planet as well as the pennies.

Hi, I'm Nadine Velazquez, and my green tip is: recycle.

When we unwrap presents, I tend to sit there with a bin liner trying to collect up the wrapping paper and thinking about which pieces I can reuse and which I will recycle.

I am involved in Greenpeace. And I just recently completely switched my diet over to near-veganism. So you try to do little things that you can. I recycle every single day. Every single thing in my house that can be recycled is.

Nothing is wasted.

Some would call me an environmentalist. I don't know why. I reuse the water that falls in my backyard in the winter. I reuse the trash and clippings I produce for mulch. I reuse the rain that falls on my roof, and I reuse the sun that shines on my house for energy. I guess you could call me a strategic opportunist as much as an environmentalist.

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

We recycle everything in my house. I'm not into any particular organizations, but I'm doing my part and that makes me feel okay.

One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another.

Being green means preventing waste.

I'm adamant about recycling in my house, and I'm always making sure to turn off the lights.

I imagine a future with no waste; material innovations have already become exponentially more vast, and I do think the future needs to be cradle to cradle. If designed properly, one product could be used for many years before needing to be recycled, or its components reused.