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nofinator on Feb 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is it time to rethink recycling?

But that's the thing: I don't think most people realize that the phrase is a hierarchy. They just think it's a flat list of things you can do. At least that's how I was taught and other places (like the EPA website) imply.

jerrysievert on Feb 13, 2016 [–]

and slightly worse, in the 80's and 90's - the song went, "recycle, reduce, reuse", which for me solidified the order.

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