The reduce, reuse and THEN recycle thing….when I was in
Japan
the foreigners used to be the true proponents of the reuse concept. I was there during the “bubble” economy. It seemed then that everyone had too much money-before the big crash there. At that time, it was amazing what people would throw away. It seemed like everything had a 2 year shelf life-TVs, microwaves, stereos, coffee makers, you name it. As a result, upon arriving in
Japan
, most foreigners would quickly learn about “gomi” day (garbage day!). Many could furnish their entire (very small!) apartments with gomi-and end up with some pretty high end stuff!