Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old recycling quotes, recycling sayings, and recycling proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.Neil LaBute
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If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they'll be all over it.Bill Nye
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.Ed Begley, Jr.
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The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids.Antonio Banderas
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I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I'm doing something.Mike Quigley
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Recycling is an area where jobs could be created at low cost. Green collar workers. That's not very sexy.Geoff Mulgan
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It's like recycling: selling old clothes to help make new ones.Erin O'Connor
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Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again.Ruth Ann Minner
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I was brought up to reuse things.Annabelle Selldorf
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Consuming less means throwing away less, while reusing things actually helps to save the planet as well as the pennies.Sheherazade Goldsmith
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Reducing and reusing take nothing more than a rethink on the way we shop, and using our imagination with the things that we might once have considered junk.Sheherazade Goldsmith
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It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a big difference to reuse things, to not use the paper cup - and each time you do, that's a victory.Emily Deschanel
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I know quite a few eco designers who build dresses out of old couture gowns. They disassemble, 'upcycle,' and reuse them in extraordinary ways. To me, that's a sustainable way of doing things.Suzy Amis
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I'm mad keen on recycling because I'm worried about the next generation and where all this waste we're producing is going. It has to stop. I wash out my plastic containers and recycle envelopes, everything I possibly can.Cherie Lunghi
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So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle.Dean Stockwell
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We recycle everything in my house. I'm not into any particular organizations, but I'm doing my part and that makes me feel okay.Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.Clement of Alexandria
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Drinking your own blood is the paradigm of recycling.Gary Busey
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You have to keep recycling yourself.Chuck Palahniuk
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Recycling is what we do when we're out of options to avoid, repair, or reuse the product first. Firstly: Reduce. Don't buy what we don't need. Repair: Fix stuff that still has life in it. Reuse: Share. Then, only when you've exhausted those options, recycle.Annie Leonard
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It's hard to get everybody to recycle paper and plastic, let alone.Richard Karn
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I own about 300 pairs of shoes. When I start to go over 300, I have mini-sales from my closet and give the money to charity. It's my way of recycling; I feel like I can give back to the universe.Stacy London
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.Maiara Walsh
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All the human and animal manure which the world wastes, if returned to the land, instead of being thrown into the sea, would suffice to nourish the worldVictor Hugo
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It started as a selfish act and has turned into a way of life. I can't stand to watch someone throw anything away that belongs in my green bin.Jen Hatmaker
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There is no such thing as "away." When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.Annie Leonard
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What's more important than recycling? Producing something to recycle.Gordon Osmond
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Resurface. Reupholster. Repaint. Refinish. Make something old new again!Natalie DiScala
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During holiday parties I end up recycling a lot of my cocktail dresses and just wearing a layering piece, like a blazer and tights, with it.Lauren Conrad
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Recycling is a good thing to do. It makes people feel good to do it. The thing I want to emphasize is the vast difference between recycling for the purpose of feeling good and recycling for the purpose of solving the trash problem.Barry Commoner