Want to know quick and easy ways to lower your emissions? Want to know how to make huge changes that will greatly lower your emissions? They're all on this page. Enjoy doing them and comment the guestbook about which ones you plan to do or are already doing!
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~Wash your laundry in cold water. Most loads don't even need hot water. I really wonder why that option is there. 90% of energy used by washers goes into heating. The higher the water temperature, the more it costs you and the planet.
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~Pay bills online. Save natural resources as well as late fees. This saves trees and also eliminates the fossil fuel used to get the billing envelopes around. You'll even save some money by not having to buy stamps.
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~Who wants junk mail? I know I don't. Around 100 million trees and 28 billion gallons of water are used to send junk mail to Americans every year. You can stop 75% of your junk mail by registering at this website for a fee of $1. Within 90 days, most unsolicited mail will stop. For such a small fee, you would save multiple trees and gallons of water.
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~Print on two sides of the paper. You don't have to do this all the time but do it whenever possible. The U.S. alone uses 4 million tons of copy paper annually so about 27 pounds per person. Where do you think most of that paper ends up? Save money and the landfill some space.
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~Carpool it to work! Let's say your drive to work is 25 miles each way. Also, about half of that is stop-and-go traffic. You'll save almost 10% of your carbon emissions by carpooling. You can also catch up on the latest gossip about that new intern.
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