Green Living Tips for You and Your Family to Live by
• Carry Canvas Bags: If you are stick without a canvas or reusable bag when you are doing your shopping, don’t double bag and recycle the ones you bring home.
• Always Keep and Eye out for Recycled Products: Items made of paper, plastic and even rubber come in recycled containers and products. Look for these over the one time use or first time use products. And look for bulk in these items as well.
• Go Paperless: Pay your bills online and replace your sticky notes with a chalkboard or dry erase boars. You can stop unwanted mail that comes to your box by visiting Catalog Choice. They will help put an end to excess junk mail.
• Recharge Always Before Replacing: Rechargeable batteries save money and the environment in the long run. And if you can go without the batteries in a toy or item, just don’t use them then.
• Go Waste-free for Lunch: Use a reusable lunch pail or box and carry fruits and vegetable in their own carry case *bananas* or in recycled, reusable containers as well. And pass on the plastic utensils and the paper napkins. Use metal and a cloth napkin instead.
• Line Dry it Instead: Line-drying half of your laundry each year and retire your dryer for that same year could prevent about 1,000 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, save money as well.
*Natural and Sustainable Living Tip: Washing your car can waste a lot of water, so can watering your lawn to keep it green. Why not incorporate the two into one task and waste less water over all. Park your car in your lawn where you would normally water that grass and wash away. Be sure and turn off the water though when you are not using it. Use biodegradable, environmentally friendly cleaners and waxes on your car as well when washing, read more here.
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