It’s always best to consume less! But, here’s a list of simple changes that you can make to help reduce the amount of waste you create.
Skip the straw – Americans use 500 million straws every day, and those take hundreds of years to breakdown
Drink from a reusable bottle – bottled water is 2,000 times more expensive than tap water and 17 million barrels of oil are used per year making plastic bottles
Bring your own bag – plastic bags take 400-1,000 years to break down and as they do, they release plastic particles that contaminate soil and water, and wildlife can ingest them or get caught in them
Donate used clothes – the average American throws away about 80 pounds of clothes a year (some stores offer recycling programs, but you can always donate to charities!)
Fix it instead of replacing it – it’s always better to use something that’s already been made
Take advantage of curbside recycling – The energy saved by recycling a single aluminum can, or one glass bottle, could operate a television set for three hours
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