Profoundly inspirational recycling quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.
Famous Recycling Quotes
I was brought up to reuse things. Annabelle Selldorf
Societies only have waste products while acquiring fresh raw material remains a cheaper option than recycling. Peter F. Hamilton
The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids. Antonio Banderas
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without. Proverb
When you put the whole picture together, recycling is the right thing to do. Pam Shoemaker.
Drinking your own blood is the paradigm of recycling. Gary Busey
Listen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours. Denis Hayes
It´s an illusion that the solution to pollution is dilution!
My mom is a recycling nut, and I always bring a bag to the grocery store. Jane Levy
My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling. John McCarthy
There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere. Annie Leonard
You can help keep garbage out of landfills by using things again and again. Margie Burton
Waste does not exist in nature because ecosystems reuse everything that grows in a never ending cycle of efficiency and purpose. Frans van Houten
You have to keep recycling yourself. Chuck Palahniuk
If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment. Tony Cardenas
Waste is a terrible thing to mind. Recycling . Bumper Sticker
Recycling old buildings to show art is very important. Agnes Gund
If you’re not buying recycled products, you’re not really recycling. Ed Begley, Jr.
The purpose where I start is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it’s reuse. Issey Miyake
The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids. Antonio Banderas
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
When you put the whole picture together, recycling is the right thing to do. Pam Shoemaker
I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I’m doing something. Mike Quigley
The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids. Antonio Banderas
It’s like recycling: selling old clothes to help make new ones. Erin O’Connor
I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I’m doing something. Mike Quigley
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
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein, Physicist
Reusing what you already have has always been green from clothes to boxes to glass jars from the supermarket. Rachel Boston
Recycling is an area where jobs could be created at low cost. Green collar workers. That’s not very sexy. Geoff Mulgan
If you’re not buying recycled products, you’re not really recycling. Ed Begley, Jr
You can tell how high a society is by how much of its garbage is recycled. Dhyani Yahoo
It’s like recycling: selling old clothes to help make new ones. Erin O’Connor
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to be dispersed because we’ve been ignorant of their value. R. Buckminster Fuller.
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb
My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling. John McCarthy
Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again. Ruth Ann Minner
We’re all concerned about sustainable energy. If we could recycle waste heat to generate energy, we could use it for something useful. Mildred Dresselhaus
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. Robert Swan, Author
I would rather see us recycle fewer things well, than more things poorly. David Allaway
Consuming less means throwing away less, while reusing things actually helps to save the planet as well as the pennies. Sheherazade Goldsmith
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 world. Victor Hugo
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Thomas Fuller, Historian
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson
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
We are living on this planet as if we have another one to go to. Terry Swearingen
I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use. Mother Teresa
The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. Bird Johnson
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
We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment. Margaret Mead
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
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else. Fred Rogers, Television Personality
Environment is no one’s property to destroy; it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect. Mohith Agadi
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
Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option they will become a necessity. Fujio Cho
We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to. Terry Swearingen, Nurse & Winner of Goldman
The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. Richard Rogers
So, I’m going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle. Dean Stockwell
We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it. Barack Obama
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, Filmmaker
Climate change is real. It is happening right now, it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating. Leonardo DiCaprio
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
The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have the facts and solutions. All we have to do is wake up and change. Greta Thunberg.
At its core, the issue of a clean environment is a matter of public health. Gina McCarthy
Although the magnitude of climate change may make individuals feel helpless, individual action is critical for meaningful change. Mia Armstrong
It’s hard to get everybody to recycle paper and plastic, let alone. Richard Karn
Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody’s going to buy their way out of its effects. Mark Ruffalo
There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere. Annie Leonard, Proponent of Sustainability
I think that we’ve become very disconnected from the natural world, and many of us, what we’re guilty of is an egocentric worldview. Joaquin Phoenix
There is no such thing as away When we throw anything away it must go somewhere. Annie Leonard
Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it’s all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it. Mike Huckabee
What’s more important than recycling? Producing something to recycle. Gordon Osmond
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing. Thomas Jefferson
Resurface. Reupholster. Repaint. Refinish. Make something old new again! Natalie DiScala
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken. Leo Tolstoy
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
The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. Lady Bird Johnson
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
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children. John James Audubon
Recycling, packaging, and businesses are changing all of those things because that’s what consumers want. Jerry Greenfield, Co founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein
We can help educate our families and communities about the importance of recycling for our environment, and how each of us can make a difference for a better world by recycling. Robert Alan Silverstein
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you want grown ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they’ll be all over it. Bill Nye
I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use. Mother Teresa
Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that but talking doesn’t help much. Basically, it’s going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified. Ted Danson
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall
Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure. John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day
Earth provides enough to satisfy man’s need, but not every man’s greed.
Listen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can save enough electricity to run a television for three hours. Denis Hayes
The earth has music for those who listen. Shakespeare
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
Teach us to walk the soft earth as relatives to all that live. Sioux prayer
