Go Green! Being sustainable doesn’t require lifestyle changes; just little things here and there.
Environmental Wellness
Easy Ways to Reduce • Reduce the amount you buy or use. – Use a hand towel to clean messes, rather than a paper towel.
• Buy rechargeable batteries to avoid throwing away batteries and packaging • Just say “no” to paper receipts at the ATM, gas stations, etc...
When you smell a dump, what you're actually smelling is the paper in the dump! •Each person creates about 4.6 pounds of trash per day
Reuse • Turning empty jars into containers for leftover food. • Reuse the things you can. – Save and reuse plastic grocery bags instead of throwing them away.
• Take your HDH bottle to the cafeteria and re-fill it for drinks.
Recycle • If all of our newspapers were recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year! • Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within six weeks.
Recycle • Recycled plastic is made into plastic lumber, clothing, flower pots, insulation for sleeping bags & ski jackets, car bumpers and more.
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Where Did All the Water Go?
Water Conservation
• Shortening your showers by one or two minutes can save up to 700 gallons a month
• Brave the initial cold water while it is heating up; use all that water going down the drain! • Don’t use the toilet as a waste basket – saves ~4-5 gallons per flush
Energy Conservation
• Unplug chargers when not in use. They use almost the same amount of energy whether charging or not. • Turn off the lights when you leave a room. • Wash clothes in cold water, it saves the cost of heating water, and clothes are just as clean.
Conserve Air dry your clothes; save money and save the energy it takes to heat a dryer.
Save $ and Save the Planet • Imagine a water bottle filled a quarter of the way with oil. That’s about how much oil was needed to produce the bottle. • Who are you supporting when you drink a bottle of water?
• Drink tap water; there's nothing wrong with it!
– If taste is an issue, buy a water filter (Brita) – Put the HDH bottles to good use!