You can take care of the environment and do all the recycling
you can no matter if you’re at home, at work, at school or
outside. There’s literally thousands of things, most of them
very simple and trivial, you could do that can really help make
a difference. In the following text, you’ll find a pretty
extensive list of things you could do, and that’s not even half
of everything that can be done. Try doing just a couple of these
things and you’ll be a great part of making our world more
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1.Don’t throw away old magazines. You can use them to cut out
interesting pictures or articles to put in your journal or
scrapbook. You can also use the paper from magazines for some
fun and quirky origami projects. You can even donate them to
doctor’s or dentist’s waiting rooms where they’ll do more than
good than just being in the trash.
2.Avoid aerosol cans. They’re highly pressurized and dangerous,
not to mention harmful to the ozone layer. Use products that
come in refillable or reusable glass or metal bottles.
3.Carry your own bags when you go shopping. The plastic bags you
get at stores rarely get recycled, so always carry your own
cloth or paper bags.
4.Buy products that always get recycled in your community. Plan
ahead and think through every shopping trip. What’s the use of
buying sustainable, recyclable products when there’s no
designated recycling facility anywhere near you.
5.Donate old toys, clothes and other usable household items you
no longer want. There are good uses for those in homeless
shelters or orphanages, and there’s no need to throw them away.
6.Make cleaning rags from your old clothes. They’re washable and
better for the environment than regular polyester rags.
7.Stop using disposable diapers. They comprise the majority of
trash at landfills and can’t be recycled. Use cloth diapers –
you only need a few of them and they can be washed as many times
as necessary.
8.Don’t throw food scraps and other organic waste into the
trash. Use them for composting your garden.
9.Get to know your trash! Knowing what yard waste is and what’s
not makes all the difference in recycling. Yard waste doesn’t
include the following items: leftover food, fruits and
vegetables, rocks or concrete, large branches, logs, large
pieces of wood, pet waste, yucca plant leaves, palm fronds or
other fibrous materials.
10.Recycle your spam mail! Advertising materials you always get
in the mail can be recycled with other paper and cardboard
products.
11.Spongy plastic items take forever to recycle and decompose.
Avoid using plastic or Styrofoam cups and opt for glass or
crystal ones. If you receive any similar plastic items, recycle
them immediately.
12.Fertilize your garden. Store-bought fertilizers and filled
with chemicals and very expensive. You can make your own from
organic waste from your kitchen, and reduce all waste you
produce by as much as 25%.
13.Always make a shopping list. Only buy the things you need,
that’ll be consumed before they expire. Perishable foods make
more than 50% of all organic waste and take up unnecessary space
at landfills.
14.Buy everything in bulk. It eliminates all that unnecessary
plastic packaging and saves you a lot of money.
15.Buy household cleaners and detergents that come in a
concentrated form. It saves money and reduces the amount of
packaging.
16.Use natural sponges and cotton or linen rags instead of paper
towels.
17.Pack your lunches in reusable plastic or metal containers.
Carry them in cloth or paper bags to eliminate the need for any
extra plastic.
18.Use washable cloth strainers for your coffee machine instead
of the traditional paper filters.
19.Reuse aluminum pie plates as containers for baking or
freezing foods such as fruits and vegetables.
20.Don’t throw away ceramic tiles. If they break or you just
have them lying around, use them as trivets for hot pots and
pans. They don’t conduct heat and are more beautiful that
regular plastic or cork ones.
21.Buy cosmetics and other personal hygiene products with
minimal packaging that can be refilled and reused.
22.Cut old, torn towels and bedding into pieces and use them for
cleaning. You can even donate them to animal shelters to be used
as padding for dog and cat kennels.
23.Use old toothbrushes as cleaning tools. They’re great for
cleaning otherwise unreachable nooks and crannies.
24.Use old shower curtains to cover the floor and furniture when
painting or redecorating the house.
25.Avoid using disposable razors. Instead, opt for those that
have refillable cartridge or electric ones.
26.Buy liquid soap, shampoo and other similar items in
refillable packaging.
27.Also buy all cleaning products in refillable bottles. It
saves time, money, space and the environment.
28.Buy unbleached, organic toilet paper in bulk.
29.Buy organic deodorant. It’s almost always refillable and
better for your skin than regular ones.
30.Buy pump bottles instead of aerosol cans. The former can be
easily recycled, while the latter can’t.
31.When writing something, use both sides of the paper.
32.Help create a demand for recycled paper by only using
recycled paper for writing and printing.
33.Donate to your local recycling facility or support them in
any other way.
34.Recycle old phone books and cardboard boxes.
35.Buy milk in plastic containers or bottles instead of waxed
boxes. Waxed boxes are non-recyclable and non-degradable.
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