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06/06/2017
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Durable products
Choose durable, disposable items. Opting for something that does not need to be replaced quickly prevents more natural resources from being used and decreases the amount of waste. In addition, it is necessary to explore all the possibilities of a product, extending to the maximum its useful life. A good example is the recycling of materials.
Local production and collaborative logistics
Giving preference to local production stimulates the region's economy and contributes to reducing the emission of carbon dioxide, avoiding long journeys between the producer and the final consumer. It is also more sustainable to buy in companies that practice collaborative logistics, which share the structure of production to distribution.
Healthy and non-harmful life
To lead a healthy life is important to be aware of everything that is consumed. Carefully reading the composition of the products on the packaging is the first step. Seeking to know the production process is also important.
More sharing and less individualism
Sharing products expands their usability and decreases the idleness of items and the need to produce new ones. There is the sharing of office and even, more recent in the mobility, with projects, for example, of rents of bicycles. Some metropolises, including São Paulo, already have car-sharing initiatives.
Sufficiency and conscious advertising
The logic of unbridled consumption must be rethought taking into account sufficiency and necessity. Replacing products in full service life increases production and goes beyond the limits of the planet. For specialists, more information on the offer would discourage unnecessary exchanges, such as electronics that have scheduled obsolescence.
The experience and the virtual in the place of the material
Technology offers us experiences with more sustainable solutions. Listening to music on mp3 and reading books on electronic devices are examples of virtual options that do not generate waste. Material products can also be replaced by experiments.
Source: The Globe
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