REUSE Sustainable consumption

Team 2: Ha Anh, Minh Lam, An Nhien, Thien Vu

Reuse

What is reuse?

Reuse is one of the key three principles in the widely-applied 4Rs regulation: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse. Reuse is the action of using an item, whether for its intentional purpose or to fulfill a different function.

Reuse is not to be confused with Recycle. Recycle is to reprocess an item's material to be used elsewhere, with the ultimate goal of cutting down waste and ensuring that useful resources will not go to waste after minimal usage.

Why reuse?

Reusing is a very simple method that everyone can easily apply in daily life. Instead of throwing something away, we can think of other purposes that such items can serve, be it for decoration or for more practical uses. Not only does it lessen

The reason that we choose to go deeper into Reuse, not Recycle, Reduce or Refuse is because:

Reducing requires tremendous effort, and sometimes could not be achieved due to the necessity of each situation. Moreover, to successfully enforce reducing, a joint effort between manufacturers and consumers is essential.
Refusing is most often about refusing to provide single-use items, instead provide items that are make of more environmentally-friendly materials, like wood or metal. However, to go by this principle could be extremely costly, considering the price difference between single-use plastic and, say, wood.
Recycling requires highly advanced technology, and a joint effort among local authority and garbage collectors. Only 27% of plastic waste in Vietnam is recycled, the rest end up in landfills, mainly due to the little number of accessible recycling plants. This problem will be tackled in the future, once more attention and funding is brought upon the importance of building recycling plants.

So for now, Reuse is our best and safest bet.

How do we implement it?

In Agriculture

In Industry

In Service

Sustainable consumption

What is sustainable consumption?

Sustainable consumption is the concept of consuming resources and products in a responsible way, so they can meet our needs at the present and in the future, without creating a negative environmental impact.

Sustainable consumption is about using resources. Physical items, like books and TVs and clothes, are just one form of consumption. Energy, food, space, jobs, services… these too are forms of consumption.

Questions that we all have to ask ourselves before making a purchase is that: Do I truly need it? How long will I use it for? What other purposes can it serve? It can make an enormous difference, considering how often we go on shopping sprees.

How to consume sustainably?

Some of the ways each of us can try to integrate into our lives are:

Using alternative sources of energy (solar panels) to power,
Buying local and seasonal produce,
Following zero waste principles,
Changing energy consumption habits,
Sharing items for mutual benefits.

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