And saving these resources is the third reason that reducing is better. It makes more sense not to expend resources than to try to find the most efficient way to use them. Thus, using less stuff may be the ultimate form of resource conservation, which is our true goal. It's actually a special form of reducing, since it eliminates the need to manufacture or produce new items. This combination of reducing and reusing is very powerful.
Lets look at an example.
Ten people in Company A each receive a copy of The Weekday Business Gazette. A typical copy weighs about one pound. That means ten pounds of paper a day, or about 2,500 pounds a year, are delivered to the company. Company B does it differently. They buy only two copies of the paper each day, and have their 10 employees share them.