Small Ways you can Help the Environment Today
December 31st, 2007We all want to help save the environment in some way but the majority of us don’t have the time to join major environmental campaigns. However, if all we did some of these small things listed below, we could be all be instrumental in saving our planet.
1. We should take our own bags when we do shopping at the supermarket. Trillions of bags are manufactured every year worldwide and that’s a lot of waste so bringing in our own bags when we do the shopping would reduce this waste.
2. Saving water when we do things brushing our teeth, turning off the water whilst soaping up in the shower can save gallons and gallons of water over a year. Just imagine if we all did this small thing, there would be so much water saved.
3. When you are at work or at home and want to print something out, think about you really need to print that item out. Can you read it on the computer, store it or email it rather then printing out the paper? Come on save some trees today, or at least recycle what you print out if this is an option rather then filing it away.
4. Related to the previous tip, you can plant a few trees every year and encourage your friends and family to do the same. This is one of those ways of helping the environment that will just grow and grow!
5. We should avoid fast food where we can because apart from being really unhealthy, fast food outlets are one of the worst polluters out there with their fast food carton packaging and the huge amounts of beef they must raise and kill.
6. Try to recycle the packaging that your food comes in – plastic containers, cardboard boxes, plastic and glass bottles are all things that can be recycled on a regular basis.
7. Take your old worn out tires to your local recycling plant so they can be made into a safe surface for your local playground in the form of rubber mulch – read rubberecyle.com for more details.
