Reuse Quotes

• Recycling is what we do when we're out of options to avoid, repair, or reuse the product first. Firstly: Reduce. Don't buy what we don't need. Repair: Fix stuff that still has life in it. Reuse: Share. Then, only when you've exhausted those options, recycle.

  

  Annie Leonard
  • Recycling
  • Reduce
  • Repair

• The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse.

  

  Issey Miyake
  • Purpose
  • Idea
  • Reuse

• I know quite a few eco designers who build dresses out of old couture gowns. They disassemble, 'upcycle,' and reuse them in extraordinary ways. To me, that's a sustainable way of doing things.

  

  Suzy Amis
  • Dresses
  • Designers
  • Reuse