Many people tend to ditch items when they are broken, and purchase new items. However, by doing this, it creates more trash in the landfills, which contributes to global warming. Instead, by choosing to fix old items and reuse them, one person can considerably reduce the amount of trash that goes into landfills and thereby, reduce one’s carbon footprint. In addition, simple recycling by sorting items out of the trash that can be recycled helps to keep landfills less full and again, reduces the carbon footprint.