PRODUCT
CONSUMPTION
Help reduce your product consumption; trust us it will help you out.
Reusable and environmentally friendly product:
Helps keep wasted out of land fills and be considerate of what you buy.
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Using reusable products ensures you spend less and helps keep copious amounts of garbage out of landfills. Use things like reusable water bottles, using your own container when ordering takeout food and taking reusable bags to the grocery store to help cut down on the waste . As well as using environmentally friendly and biodegradable products. The city of Toronto makes it easy for you to find and purchase these environmentally friendly products and many more at local markets and retail stores.
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The negatives of fast fashion:
Only buy clothing that you will use, not just for this season.
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Fast fashion is one of the leading causes of disposed mass textile materials in landfills. Due to the frequent transition in fashion trends retails force people to buy and dispose clothing at a fast rate. This creates a wasteful cycle of good materials, that are thrown out once the trend is over. A way to combat it is to not give into what these companies offer. Boycotting big-name companies that still contribute to fast fashion and opting for recycled clothing, eco friendly material clothing and others are good ways to start.
Understanding how a product is made:
A lot goes in making a product and not all of it is good for the environment.
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Just because you don’t see the process of how a product is made and brought to you does not mean it doesn’t contribute to your ecological footprint. When a product is made, copious amount of materials, resources and labour go into creating it, negatively impacting the global climate. The transportation of the product you use also contribute to your eco footprint due to greenhouse gases that are produced. Thus, it is important to find out how a product is made and brought to you. Think about it, how badly do you need something, even if it has caused so much harm?
Borrowing and buying and selling second hand:
Just because you don’t need it, it is not worthless. Someone will find a use for it.
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Second hand ain’t that bad! If something still functions then it can be used, likewise, if you don’t have a use for it don’t just throw it out. Give it or sell it to someone that may need it, doing this allows older and and still usable products to circulate within your community, supporting your local economy. Also, resources and fuel are not being wasted to create and bring you the new versions of said products, as well as it is not being thrown out.
Toronto:
According to the city of Toronto’s waste management plan, try to buy less. When you do buy, choose products that use minimal packaging. Make sure to repair, share, swap and donate! As well, make the effort to compost on your own, which helps you and the city. Look into many other ways to divert waste going to the landfill.
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