Jonathan Krisel Quotes

Not everything needs to be recycled.

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

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.

I was brought up to reuse things.

I mean, if cans can be recycled, why not spirits?

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.

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

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

I'm a recycling obsessive.

I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.

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

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.

It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a big difference to reuse things, to not use the paper cup - and each time you do, that's a victory.

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.

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 can never waste water. If I cannot drink it I will use it to water the plants and I will never waste food. If it is inedible it goes on the compost heap.

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.

I banned bottled water from my house - we have a water-filter system so you can drink from the tap. We always drink out of glass, and recycling is a huge deal, which everybody can partake in.

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

I'm an environmentalist; I recycle.

I've tried to approach environmentalism the same way I do my climbing: by setting small, concrete goals that build on each other.