Make a Difference from Home! 7 Easy Things!

1. Turn off equipment like televisions and stereos when you're not using them. That little red standby light means they're still using power - and that means a contribution to global warming.
   
2. Save water:
   - turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.
   - collect the water used to wash vegetables and salad to water your houseplants.
   
3. Call your local government to see if they have a disposal location for used car batteries and other hazardous household wastes.
   
4. Recycle your paper, glass, plastics and other waste. Call your local government to find out if they offer a collection service.
   
5. Use rechargeable batteries.
   
6. Send e-greetings instead of paper cards.
   
7. Help reduce the world's rubbish dumps - don't use "throw-away" products like paper plates and napkins, and plastic knives, forks, and cups.

That's it - 7 easy steps to not only make a difference, but if you think about it - could potentially save you some money in the long run.  How much to batteries cost for those toys? If you could store all the excess water coming from your sink's spout while you were brushing your teeth - how much would it be?  Care to take a guess?

These are just some of the things we can do around the house on a daily basis.  Sadly, we don't realize we're being wasteful.  Keep resourcefulness in the forefront of your mind!  Take it to work too - imagine all the waste going on in your place of employment?

Food for thought.