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Recycle this. Recycle that. Make more effort to recycle
Clean your kitchen countertop with an already used piece of lemon. Even if already squeezed there is always enough cleaning power in a half lemon to wipe down your counter top. No chemicals wiped onto your countertop this way too and safe around kids.
Start catching rainwater to water your plants. However you do this whether a bucket put outside when it rains or a real rain barrel if you have the space, think of all the filtered house water you will be saving
Try your best not to buy anything in polystyrene. It is ecologically bad stuff
Buy loose vegetables not the ones in plastic packages – its just landfillplastic
Switch to oat milk from almond milk as growing almonds demands a vast amount of water.
Clean up your area after a day at the beach – including any broken glass and old plastic.
Start mending your own stuff instead of tossing and buying more
When using the basin faucet turn the water pressure down
Simply turn the lights off when you leave a room
Donate unwanted items – do not just trash them
Take your own reusable bags when out shopping
Support your local farmers market – less gas used, less plastic used and less styrofoam used
Use cold water to wash some of your laundry, especially if you will then put it in the hot dryer
Make some small rags out of an old dingy pillowcase and use as dish rags or for other cleanup jobs
Use public transport for some trips – share the fuel – eco share
Turn the house water temperature right down during summer – water does not need to be so hot in summer
Start putting your used coffee grounds into a compost heap
Use less paper towel – go on, do it
Start a compost heap (just vegetable matter no meats)
Line dry some of your laundry. Not using the dryer saves lots of energy and saves you lots of money
Use vinegar to clean kitchen faucet and counter – it cleans without any noxious chemicals around your food
Swap a short car trip for a bike trip
Turn off all lights when checking out of your hotel room
Want to try even harder?
Start pulling the small paper tag off your teabag and drop the tag into your paper recycling
Donate to an environmental protection organization
Just buy less plastic.