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- verb Present participle of
precycle .
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—Gian Trotta | e-mail | TwitterEssential information: Learn about "precycling," which can help you cut your waste stream.
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Gian Trotta | e-mail | TwitterEssential information: Learn about "precycling," which can help you cut your waste stream.
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We've come to realize that it's not about recycling, it's about precycling, where we need to really take charge of how we effect the world!
Trends for the Next Era Jane Buckingham 2010
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We've come to realize that it's not about recycling, it's about precycling, where we need to really take charge of how we effect the world!
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Less-dedicated homeowners who might have who begun precycling in 2008 or paying as they throw this year can become more green by counting lumens, calculating power factors, backing tough Super Star appliance ratings, shrinking their cookprint, boosting socket saturation of energy-saving CFLs, installing cool roofs, and engaging in energy leasing of wind, solar, biomass, or geothermal systems.
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But through precycling and other aggressive forms of waste management, experts believe that most households can at least break even with PAYT. —
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Less-dedicated homeowners who might have who begun precycling in 2008 or paying as they throw this year can become more green by counting lumens, calculating power factors, backing tough Super Star appliance ratings, shrinking their cookprint, boosting socket saturation of energy-saving CFLs, installing cool roofs, and engaging in energy leasing of wind, solar, biomass, or geothermal systems.
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But through precycling and other aggressive forms of waste management, experts believe that most households can at least break even with PAYT.
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But there's been a backlash against the consumption of bottled water because of the billions of plastic and glass containers created annually by this trend (see our Buzzword on precycling), not to mention questions about the quality and sources of the water in all those bottles.
Decades later, concerns about U.S. drinking water still exist 2008
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This step falls under the "reuse" side of precycling.
Buzzword: Precycle 2008
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Reducing waste by limiting consumption. "Precycling is being thoughtful at the point of purchase in addition to at the point of throwing out." --Minneapolis Star Tribune, Aug. 4, 2009
August 16, 2009