Consider the entire lifecycle of things.

Can you buy it used? Can you pass it on to someone else when you’re done with it?

The Benefits of Reducing what you purchase and reusing items include reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing pollution caused by reducing the need to harvest new raw materials, saving energy, helping sustain the environment for future generations, reducing the amount of waste that will need to be recycled or sent to landfills and incinerators, allowing products to be used to their fullest extent, and saves money.