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Why “Stuff” Matters. Recycling. Re-process material to a make another product. Reuse. Use product in original form, but in new way. Reduce. Reduce consumer use of materials Reduce material use in product manufacture Decrease toxicity Increase useful life (durability, repair-ability).
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Recycling Re-process material to a make another product
Reuse Use product in original form, but in new way.
Reduce • Reduce consumer use of materials • Reduce material use in product manufacture • Decrease toxicity • Increase useful life (durability, repair-ability)
Why “Stuff” Matters Source: PBS’s The Happiness Store (http://iptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lpsc10.sci.life.happy/happiness
Why “Stuff” Matters • We’re using more • Our economy is tied to materials • We’re increasingly dependent on non-renewables • Serious environmental effects
Why “Stuff” Matters Provision of goods-29% Building lighting and HVAC-25% Materials -42% Transportation-24% • Provisionof food-13% • Use of appliances & devices-8% • Infrastructure-1% Source: US EPA, 2009
Why “Stuff” Matters Landfills & Wastewater-2.2% Freight-7.1% Building lighting and HVAC-25% Materials -42% Extraction & Manufacturing-32.2% Transportation-25% Use of appliances & devices-8% Infrastructure-1% Source: US EPA, 2009
Thanks to…Iowa DNR REAP Conservation Education ProgramIowa Solid Waste Alternatives ProgramOregon Dept. of Environmental Quality & David Allaway