Earth day is Thursday, April 22, and what better time to work on going green and doing things that can save the earth? These simple tips can not only help you save the environment, but these tips can help you to do so no matter what your budget is. You can reduce your bio footprint as well as save yourself some money on everyday products and services. You don’t always have to invest a large amount of money in order to help save the environment.
- Shut down or unplug your electronics. You can also help save electricity by plugging appliances into a power strip, so that you can turn many things off at once.
- Do your laundry in cold water. Using cold water can reduce your energy bills as well as reducing your carbon emissions.
- Use filtered tap water instead of water bottles. Recycle the filters after a few months of use to help the environment even more.
- Use the website swapstyle.com to exchange used clothes instead of buying new. Buying used will reduce manufacturing which will reduce emissions.
- Swap or sell your dvds, cds or books for other used media using swapacd.com, swapadvd.com, or paperbackswap.com. There are also sites where you can just sell your products for cash, such as amazon.com, half.com and ebay.com.
- Use refurbished electronics. Refurbished electronics often sell for less than half of the original price. You may want to make sure warranties are still in place. This could reduce the amount of products sent to landfills.
- Use products make of recycled materials. Many kitchenware products are made from recycled products. Try to find ones that are and use them.
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