Heaps of R’s

Unless you have been living under a rock made of trash, you have undoubtedly heard of the three R’s commonly associated with best sustainability practices. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. While these terms pretty much explain themselves, we thought we would give this topic a wee breakdown for our Res.Awesome readers. While the focus on Recycling has been an important cultural shift over the past few decades, we would like to shed some light on some important steps that are perhaps more sustainable. Recycling is a great step in the right direction but if we want to really tackle our waste flow, we need to come at it from all angles. ReduceReducing our use of the petrol fuelled car is a great step for our environment. Biking, walking and using public transport are better choices and can take away the stress of looming parking tickets!In a consumer capitalist world, it has been drilled into us that we can buy items to make us feel happy or fulfilled.