It s so easy to produce mountains of waste these days, without even thinking about it. So much of what we eat comes in plastic food packaging, and we are accustomed to bottled water and sodas. Even though we hear all the time about the problems our excess waste is creating, we often feel as though we don't know how to change our habits, or that one person cannot make a difference.
These days, creating waste is as simple as purchasing something from a restaurant or a grocery store. In some ways, it is more difficult to avoid participating than it is to participate. That doesn't mean, however, that you cannot make a difference. You may need to be more mindful, and spend some extra time, but you can definitely find ways to ensure that you and your family create less waste.
In this article you will find a few suggestions of methods for re-using things. When you re-use things, you create less waste, and save money, too!
Keep plastic containers and use them again. If you order food to be delivered or carried out, or buy prepared foods at a deli, you are going to wind up with plastic containers. Most of them are strong and sturdy enough for multiple uses. Hold on to them, and use them as tupperware. You can store vegetables after you have chopped them, or store individual servings of leftovers.
Save and reuse your plastic bags. Whether they are sandwich bags, storage bags, or grocery bags, plastic bags can be reused for many purposes. You can save the storage and sandwich bags for the same purpose for which you originally used them. As long as there wasn't raw meat inside, it should be fine to just wash them out. As for grocery bags, you can put them in small trash cans in place of regular trash bags, and you can also put them over your hair in place of shower caps!
Many things, from tissues to snack foods, are sold in small, individually wrapped packages. These things are not only wasteful as far as packaging goes, they also cost more for less product. Instead of buying them, make your own, by buying a regular sized package and then placing individual portions in the sandwich bags you've saved!
We often don't think about the amount of waste we each create just buy buying single serving sodas and bottles of water. Try to cut down on the amount of them you buy. When you do buy them, save some of the bottles and use them to carry drinks with you when you leave your home.
Make sure you recycle! Realistically, we are all going to create waste. Regardless of how many times you re-use a container, you will eventually have to throw it away. You can't save everything forever. When that time does arrive, try to recycle things rather than putting them in the trash. That way you aren't contributing more to a landfill.
We produce so much trash on the whole that it's true, no one person can completely solve the problem. But every little change contributes, and eventually they can ass up to big changes. In the meanwhile, you can save some money and rest assured that you're doing what you can.
These days, creating waste is as simple as purchasing something from a restaurant or a grocery store. In some ways, it is more difficult to avoid participating than it is to participate. That doesn't mean, however, that you cannot make a difference. You may need to be more mindful, and spend some extra time, but you can definitely find ways to ensure that you and your family create less waste.
In this article you will find a few suggestions of methods for re-using things. When you re-use things, you create less waste, and save money, too!
Keep plastic containers and use them again. If you order food to be delivered or carried out, or buy prepared foods at a deli, you are going to wind up with plastic containers. Most of them are strong and sturdy enough for multiple uses. Hold on to them, and use them as tupperware. You can store vegetables after you have chopped them, or store individual servings of leftovers.
Save and reuse your plastic bags. Whether they are sandwich bags, storage bags, or grocery bags, plastic bags can be reused for many purposes. You can save the storage and sandwich bags for the same purpose for which you originally used them. As long as there wasn't raw meat inside, it should be fine to just wash them out. As for grocery bags, you can put them in small trash cans in place of regular trash bags, and you can also put them over your hair in place of shower caps!
Many things, from tissues to snack foods, are sold in small, individually wrapped packages. These things are not only wasteful as far as packaging goes, they also cost more for less product. Instead of buying them, make your own, by buying a regular sized package and then placing individual portions in the sandwich bags you've saved!
We often don't think about the amount of waste we each create just buy buying single serving sodas and bottles of water. Try to cut down on the amount of them you buy. When you do buy them, save some of the bottles and use them to carry drinks with you when you leave your home.
Make sure you recycle! Realistically, we are all going to create waste. Regardless of how many times you re-use a container, you will eventually have to throw it away. You can't save everything forever. When that time does arrive, try to recycle things rather than putting them in the trash. That way you aren't contributing more to a landfill.
We produce so much trash on the whole that it's true, no one person can completely solve the problem. But every little change contributes, and eventually they can ass up to big changes. In the meanwhile, you can save some money and rest assured that you're doing what you can.
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