Reduce, reuse, recycle.
We were taught these terms in elementary school, yet how often do we apply them to our everyday adult life? Being “environmentally friendly” sounds daunting– an image of a hemp-clad hippie comes to mind. Please, erase this image from your mind. There are lots of simple ways for anyone to live a more sustainable lifestyle.
The “Three R’s” in action:
- REDUCE your water waste by doing things like cutting down your shower to 5 minutes, not letting the water run while you brush your teeth, and only running your dishwasher when it’s full. Also, reduce your gas pollution by riding your bike or walking places instead of driving whenever you can.
- REUSE items like your grocery bag, water bottle, and coffee mug. At a lot places, it will save you 5-10 cents every time you bring your own bag or bottle. This might sound small, but it adds up. Plus, reusing goes hand in hand with reducing your waste.
- RECYCLE simple things like paper and soda cans– it’s so easy to just have an extra bin in your house for recyclable items. Don’t know what you can recycle and what you can’t? Go here. Another way to recycle is by donating your old clothes to a shelter or selling them to a resale shop. Buying from resale shops completes the recycling circle.
Why?
We all leave an “ecological footprint” on the planet which impacts our environment negatively. Find out how you’re effecting the planet by taking this short quiz.
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good suggest
actually reducing water waste is a joke and only good when in line with the philosophy of your local waterworks.
1. their costs will not reduce if you reduce your usage of water, so water prices will grow.
2. the amount of water used to produce the clothes you wear today took between 40k and 100k litres of water, the steak you ate today took 5k litres of water, that’s a joke compared to the 100 to 250 litres you used today.
3. the waterworks predicted our water usage in the seventies and eighties when they built new sewers, drains and pipes to be at 250, now it’s 100. so they have to send out workers each day just to move huge stacks of toilet paper which don’t flow with the low usage of water ..