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Article: Reducing our waste begins at the source
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 27, 1991
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There's no doubt about it - less is more.
Paper towels that pack more sheets to the roll, concentrated
fabric softeners and detergents with bleach already added are just
part of a developing trend in packaging and manufacturing.
"Source reduction," as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
calls it, means manufacturers and marketers are compressing, paring
and eliminating materials at the production end to avoid waste at the
receiving end.
Source reduction is not entirely new. Concentrated frozen fruit
juices, which have been popular for years, are an early example of
the concept. Now the same principle is being applied to create a new
generation of more environmentally sensitive ...