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Site Name Recycling I opted for this name because everybody knows what it is and gets the idea. It is also easy to think of a logo for it :) However, you're supposed to try to first reduce, then ...
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2024-03-27T23:29:19Z (8 months ago)
Recycle
### Site Name Recycling I opted for this name because everybody knows what it is and gets the idea. It is also easy to think of a logo for it :) However, you're supposed to try to first reduce, then reuse, and only after recycle. Hopefully site culture can reinforce that notion, to counteract the site name perpetuating a common misconception (namely that recycling is the first thing you should try). ### Description Discussion and practical advice about [reducing, reusing and recycling of waste](https://www.epa.gov/recycle) (R3). ### Topics Topics covered would include: * Practical advice on how to R3 specific items * General questions about waste management practices ### Exclusions These topics or types of posts would be out of scope: * Questions that do not pertain to the reduction, reuse and recycling of waste ### Special Features None at the moment. ### Overlaps Potential overlaps: * Home improvement * Great Outdoors * Personal finance (if we create one) * Other hobby sites, since with each hobby there is inevitably a question of what to do with old hobby items * Any sites focused on environmentalism * Any sites focused on anti-consumerism While there's an argument for staying broad and making this a tag on a more general environmentalism site, I think it's better to keep it specific. Most of the questions on this site would be "what do I do with XYZ waste". An environmentalism site (or other overlaps) might find these tedious and spammy. Then again, we could also be a section on an environmentalism or anti-consumerism site. 🤷