HOW TO DO YOUR BIT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Added on: 14th Aug 2015
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.
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