My Reuse Resolutions

A new year is just around the corner which I know, for me at least, means the beginning of many ambitious new year plans and resolutions.  While some resolutions are easier to keep than others, I always find that some are definitely worth the extra effort.  As I began to make a mental list of things I wanted to add to my resolutions this year, I found that LBC had definitely impacted me in making reuse a priority for this year.

Here are some reasons reuse is on the top of my New Year’s Resolution List this year:

1)      Saving money.  As a poor college student making my way up from the bottom of the totem pole, money is definitely not something to throw around.  I have learned from making holiday presents to working on my latest designs projects, most of the materials I need are already within range of my fingertips.  By simply reusing things I already own, I hope to save even more money in the upcoming year.

 

2)      Preserving my future.  As much as I let it slide to the back of my mind from time to time, it is inevitable that we have a crucial part in the well-being of our planet, and continually tossing waste into landfills does not seem to be the way to go about making that change.  I want to make sure the world does not just stay beautiful for my lifetime, but for the lifetime of my children and my grandchildren as well.  Reusing just happens to be one of the easiest ways for me to help the world work towards this goal on my own.

 

3)      Helping others.  The common adage: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” means so much more than I could have ever imagined in the world of reuse.  I realize that if everything I threw away could provide someone else treasure in any sense of the word, the world would be such a better place.  Lifecycle Building Center just helps the process by allocating that “trash” to some place it can be a treasure.

 

So while my new year’s list will contain many ambitious plans, some of which I know I will not successfully keep, reuse is one I plan to take the extra mile, and hopefully 2015 will be all the greater of a year as a result.  Happy 2015 from the Lifecycle Building Center and here’s to another great year of building material reuse.