Each household is unique. Therefore every set of house rules can be different for every one. Several other ideas can stem from these five basic green household tips, and these can be adapted to easily suit your family’s needs.
Recycling accomplishes much more than just keeping valuable resources from ending up in our landfills. It also helps to reduce our overall environmental impact. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that most of what is in our waste stream is completely recyclable.
Unfortunately, an average American toss out nearly 1,200 pounds of garbage every year.
Plastics are ubiquitous in everyday life; they are used to produce grocery bags, bottles, coffee cups, candy wrappers, toys and many other common everyday products. Most people are unaware of danger of plastic and the harmful effect that it has on our environment. In fact, over 60 to 100 million barrels of oil are used in the manufacturing of plastic bags alone, and Americans purchase an estimated 29.8 billion plastic water bottles every year, of witch nearly 8 out of 10 of those plastic bottles end up in landfills. …
Some tips and suggestions for going green and doing your part to save the environment.
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