Pete Seeger Quotes

Not everything needs to be recycled.

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

Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

To achieve true sustainability, we must reduce our "garbage index" - that which we permanently throw away into the environment that will not be naturally recycled for reuse - to near zero. Productive activities must be organized as closed systems. Minerals and other nonbiodegradable resources, once taken from the ground, must become a part of society's permanent capital stock and be recycled in perpetuity. Organic materials may be disposed into the natural ecosystems, but only in ways that assure that they are absorbed back into the natural production system.

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

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

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

We can't have landfills forever, and we can't ask others to accept our trash.

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.

If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.

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.

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

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.

We can no longer throw our waste away because there is no away.

Our entire economy is based on waste. We produce stuff we don’t need… How far is this going to go? I have a 5 word answer for you: Zero waste equals zero commerce.

We can turn your bottles back into oil. We can burn it to make energy. Our we can put it in a landfill. There’s a green spectrum. And a cost spectrum. The most green is the most expensive.

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

We face a simple choice. Either we go back to the days when everything was disposable and landfill dumps consumed our countryside at an increasing pace, or we recognise that we have limited resources and need to use them wisely and sustainably.

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

We need to throw away less, recycle a lot more and turn much of the rest into energy.

I'm a recycling obsessive.

There is no such thing as garbage, just useful stuff in the wrong place.

I'm an environmentalist; I recycle.

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.