HOW TO DO YOUR BIT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

TRY BUYING A REUSABLE CONTAINER

WHEN BUYING WATER

Most plastic bottles today can never be recycled and take thousands

of years to decompose. Using a reusable container is a great choice

not just for the environment but even for your health.

TAKE A SHORTER BATH OR SHOWER

If it normally takes you 15 minutes to take a shower, try reducing it to just

13 minutes. Every two minutes you save inside the shower helps

conserve more than ten gallons of water in every bath. Over the course

of the year, if everyone does that, the amount of water saved would be

equal to the amount of freshwater from the Great Lakes.

PLANT A TREE

This is one of the most common ways of preserving the environment.

Every member of every family should plant at least a tree every

year to clean the air.

TURN OFF LIGHTS WHEN NOT IN USE

When you leave a room, make sure that you always turn off your lights.

The energy consumed by a fluorescent bulb is determined by the number

of times it is switched on and off, so better turn them off when you leave

a room for more than 15 minutes. By doing that, you are able to

save energy on the bulb itself.

MAINTAIN YOUR VEHICLE

There is more about properly maintaining your vehicle than just

extending its life and improving its performance. When you maintain

your vehicle, you create less pollution and save gas. This means

reducing greenhouse gases that go into the earth’s atmosphere.

CHOOSE PAPER BAGS OVER PLASTIC BAGS

500 billion plastic bags go into landfills every year. These materials

are not biodegradable so they take thousands of years to decompose.

When some of them make their way into the oceans, they enter the

food chain and pose threats on our health and on the health of the

natural ecosystem. On the other hand, paper bags are reusable,

inexpensive, and take but a short while to decompose. 

EVEN BETTER GET A BAG FOR LIFE

An individual consumes about 350 plastic bags a year according

to some survey reports. A single plastic bag takes about 450 years

to biodegrade. If this is the rate of waste disposal and people do

not take steps to reduce the disposal of plastic, the whole world

would become a huge waste dump.

USE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

Most of the 15 billion disposable alkaline batteries produced every

year can never be recycled. Once they are used up, they go to

landfills. Buying a charger and a few sets of rechargeable batteries

helps reduce the amount of wasted battery material which releases

harmful chemicals into our environment.

DO NOT LEAVE THE WATER FROM THE TAP

RUNNING WHILE YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH

Some people are in the habit of keeping the water running while they

brush their teeth. Refrain from doing this. Turn off the tap while you

brush your teeth and conserve water.