Jade Jagger Quotes

I was brought up to reuse things.

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

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.

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

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

Nothing is wasted.

Not everything needs to be recycled.

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.

I'm an environmentalist; I recycle.

In Los Angeles, I drive a hybrid and live in a very simple home. Anything you do from carrying a canteen of water to starting a recycling program in your office makes a difference. Reusing what you already have has always been green - from clothes to boxes to glass jars from the supermarket.

Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.

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.

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.

God help anyone who disobeys my recycling system. I have all the separated bins. I'm very adamant about it because I try to be a good citizen of the world, I really do. I even use eco-friendly cleaning products, but sometimes you just have to break open the disinfectant. Some jobs require it.

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.

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.

We were in recycling before recycling was cool.

One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world.

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

Being green means preventing waste.

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.

I try to conserve water and avoid plastic as much as I can.