·        Reduce Using small resources in the first place. It takes resources to manufacture, transport, and dispose of products, so reduction minimizes the use of new resources.

·        Reuse:         Use materials more than once in their original form instead of throwing them away after each use. Reuse keeps new resources from being used for a while longer, and old resources from entering the land fill.

·    Recycle: Converting waste materials into new products, changing them from their original form by physical and chemical processes.

Although recycling uses energy, it helps to prevent new resources from being used and old materials from entering the land .