Over-emphasizing recycling is a problem

Source: https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/08/over-emphasizing-recycling-is-a-problem/

Author: Sarah DeWeerdt

“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” goes the familiar sustainability slogan. But a new study suggests that people don’t really know what the slogan means or why it goes that way. In an online survey, nearly half of 473 participants were unable to put the 3Rs in the correct order from the most to least sustainable action. Members of the public tend to prioritize recycling, the study reveals, to the detriment of reducing and reusing.