TRASH BAGS
By: SYHTip Provided By: The Green Book If you need to purchase trash-liner bags, look for a brand with 100 percent post-consumer recycled content. Producing trash bags from recycled plastic requires less energy than manufacturing those same bags from virgin plastic. If just one in 10 U.S. households began purchasing trash bags made from 100 percent [...]
THE BORROWS
By: SYHSAVE $ 200 Borrow books from the library instead of buying them from a bookstore. Save up to $200 per year or more for a family of four while conserving the resources—mainly trees, water, chemicals and energy—used to produce and transport new books, reduce air and water pollution from paper mills, and diminish the waste [...]
TAKE OUT THE TRASH
By: SYHPack a waste-free lunch. Assemble your kids’ lunches without using any disposable items or individually-packaged foods.
HANDY DOWNS
By: SYHBuy secondhand clothing instead of new clothing from a department store. You can save up to $250 per year or more.
GAME SWAP
By: SYHIf most of your kids’ friends have the same video game system, you might arrange to have a video game trading party.
POWER DOWN
By: SYHWhen it’s not in use, teach your kids to make a habit of powering down the video game console.