1. Refill your water bottle at the tap rather than buying
a new one.
2. Buy large size containers (two liters or 64 ounces) for
juices, soda, and water, rather than single serving sizes.
3. If there's no recycling program in your workplace or
apartment building, organize one!
4. Buy paper with at least 30% post-consumer recycled
content, and encourage your school or workplace to do
the same.
5. Think twice about taking a plastic bag if your purchase
is small and easy to carry.
6. Keep canvas bags in your home, office, and car so you
always have them available when you go to the store.
7. Get off junk mail lists.
8. Bring your own coffee cups and utensils to work.
9. Buy products that are made of recycled products.
10. Recycle! - World Watch Institute: Good Stuff?
Plastic bottles made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) can be recycled
into many products, including beverage bottles, plastic strapping, fleece
jackets, sleeping bags, and carpets. -
World Watch Institute,
Good Stuff?
A recycled aluminum can saves enough energy to power a television or
computer for 3 hours or a 100-watt light bulb for 20 hours. - California
Integrated Waste Management Board
Paper recycled in Washington is tranformed into useful everyday products like paper tissue, paper towels, copy paper, insulation, boxes and newspaper. -
Washington State Recycling Associaton, Hot Topics
Producing recycled paper causes 74% less air pollution, 35% less water
pollution, and creates five times the number of jobs than producing virgin
paper. -
Center for a New American Dream, May 2001
