Make recycling easy around the house. Most of us have a huge recycling can in our garage. This is the can the recycle truck picks up each week. Hopefully, it is larger than your trash can and is fuller than your trash can each week! Some of us have a ( more… )
Teach children about saving the earth. Every year during Earth Day week, the daycare focuses its learning on “green activities.” We talk about being “green,” we sing songs, play games, and do science, math, and art activities that revolve around saving our planet. But one week of learning is not ( more… )
Do not flush wipes. I use baby wipes in the daycare and also “flushable wipes” in our bathrooms throughout the house. I also use disinfectant wipes for cleaning door handles and light switches and such. No matter which wipes I use, I always throw them in the trash when I ( more… )
Use a car wash service instead of hand washing. When I was researching which was better for the environment- commercial car wash or at home in your driveway car wash- I thought for sure washing at home was the better choice. However, I was wrong. It is cheaper to wash ( more… )
Be mindful of the noise you make. Have you ever been at a stoplight and a car pulls up next to you with it’s bass pumping so loud you can not even hear your own radio? Have you ever been in the yard with a bunch of kids playing and ( more… )
Get rid of cigarette butts! Did you know that the number one thing people throw onto the ground as litter are cigarette butts? Approximately 4.5 TRILLION are tossed each year! In 2017, it was estimated that almost 1.7 BILLION pounds of cigarette butts ended up as toxic waste. (waste360.com) Obviously, ( more… )
Dispose of medicine bottles and unused medicine safely. It would be great if you could just throw your empty pill bottles in the recycle bin, but in my city, we can not put them in our curbside bins. So, I have to find another option to dispose of them. I ( more… )
Use reusable lunch bags. Although paper bags are recyclable, the best choice when you need to pack your lunch is a reusable lunch bag. If you use reusable containers inside as well, then you are golden! When I was researching the impact paper bags have on the environment, I was ( more… )
Recycle your old eyeglasses. Lions Club Recycle for Sight program is a great place to donate your used eyeglasses. They have collection boxes in multiple locations. One of these locations is Wal-Mart. There are other places you can donate your old eyeglasses as well. Check your neighborhood vision stores and ( more… )
Recycle or reuse your old phone books. I am sure most of us have one of these hanging around. They still get delivered each year, even though the version has become smaller and smaller over the years. Once I get mine, it immediately goes into the recycle bin. However, not ( more… )