Sunday, February 20, 2011

Protecting Our Environment With These Helpful Tips

By Shawanna Twelves


It is important to help protect our environment. Below are some helpful suggestions to help protect our planet.

Bring cloth bags whenever you go grocery shopping. Not only are fabric bags extremely reliable and durable, they're also reusable and allow you to avoid using plastic bags.

Buy rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones. Rechargeable batteries may be a little pricey but in the long run you'll be saving more because you do not need to keep on buying more.

Be a smart consumer. Purchase only things that you and your family really need. When buying home supplies like food and drinks, it's better to go for large quantities to avoid pointless packaging.

Wash glass, aluminum and plastic containers before bringing them to the recycling center.

To minimize waste, use fabric towels instead of paper towels.

Let companies that send you unwanted catalogues and other unsolicited mail know that you don't wish to receive them anymore.

As much as possible, steer away from plastic materials because these are dangerous to the environment. If you should use them, opt to make use of those that are reusable such as plastic containers for storing meals instead of plastic cling wrap that you can only use once.

If you have a child, try reverting to the normal method of using cloth diapers. This saves you a lot of money and saves space in the landfill.

Most of us use an insane amount of paper at the moment, and one ton of recycled paper amounts to 17 trees that do not need to be cut down. Begin paper drives and recycle whatever paper you've got in your household.

As a substitute of buying newspapers, read the news online.

Reuse glass bottles. It's safer to make use of glass bottles as containers for drinks because plastic chemicals leech into the water we drink.

Help keep our environment clean for our kid's future by remembering these simple-to-implement tips.




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