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Go Green! Being sustainable doesn’t require lifestyle changes; just little things here and there. Environmental Wellness

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Going green is good for your wallet and the environment!

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Page 1: Going Green

Go Green!Being sustainable doesn’t

require lifestyle changes; just little things here and there.

Environmental Wellness

Page 2: Going Green

Easy Ways to Reduce• Reduce the amount you buy or

use.– Use a hand towel to clean

messes, rather than a paper towel.

• Buy rechargeable batteries to avoid throwing away batteries and packaging

• Just say “no” to paper receipts at the ATM, gas stations, etc...

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When you smell a dump, what you're actually smelling is the paper in the dump!

•Each person creates about 4.6 pounds of

trash per day

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Reuse• Turning empty jars into containers for leftover food.• Reuse the things you can.– Save and reuse plastic grocery bags instead of throwing

them away.• Take your HDH bottle to the cafeteria and re-fill it

for drinks.

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Recycle• If all of our newspapers were

recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year!

• Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within six weeks.

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Recycle• Recycled plastic is made into plastic lumber,

clothing, flower pots, insulation for sleeping bags & ski jackets, car bumpers and more.

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Where Did All

the Water Go?

http://www.burbankwaterandpower.com/images/waterdrop.jpg

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Water Conservation

• Shortening your showers by one or two minutes can save up to 700 gallons a month

• Brave the initial cold water while it is heating up; use all that water going down the drain!

• Don’t use the toilet as a waste basket

– saves ~4-5 gallons per flush

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Energy Conservation

• Unplug chargers when not in use. They use almost the same amount of energy whether charging or not.

• Turn off the lights when you leave a room.• Wash clothes in cold water, it saves the cost of

heating water, and clothes are just as clean.

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ConserveAir dry your clothes; save money and save the

energy it takes to heat a dryer.

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Save $ and Save the Planet

• Imagine a water bottle filled a quarter of the way with oil. That’s about how much oil was needed to produce the bottle.• Who are you supporting when you

drink a bottle of water?• Drink tap water; there's

nothing wrong with it!– If taste is an issue, buy a water

filter (Brita)– Put the HDH bottles to good use!

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