Explain how reusing waste can reduce the burden of waste disposal.

One way to prevent waste generation, improve our communities, and increase the material well-being of our citizens is to take useful products discarded by those who no longer want or need them and provide them to those who do.

Reusing an item means that it continues to be a valuable, useful, productive item, and replaces new items that would utilize more water, energy, timber, petroleum, and other limited natural resources in their manufacture. For example, instead of discarding old or torn shoes, they can be given to under-privileged or poor people for use.

Hence, if we reuse products, we ultimately avoid the generation of waste and reduce the burden of waste disposal.