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5 Quick Feel-Good Fixes
Posted: January 9, 2008
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| Try a travel mug instead, since many coffee cups (including the ones at Starbucks) aren't recyclable. |
If you’re newly green, you don’t want to strain those developing muscles. Start with what’s easy and move on to the more challenging green choices later. Here’s a quick pick of 5 simple green steps to start with:
1. When you’re at the ATM, don’t print a receipt. If all Americans chose not to print their ATM receipts, we would save 2 billion feet of paper – that’s enough to circle the Earth’s equator 15 times.
2. If you’re a Starbuck’s junkie (guilty!), spring for a travel mug. Unfortunately, Starbuck’s cups are NOT recyclable so every cup you throw away can only be landfilled.
3. When you purchase paper products like spiral notebooks and even corporate letterhead and envelopes, choose recycled paper.
4. Buy power strips for your entertainment system and home office. Instead of leaving your computer and A/V equipment on standby mode, turn everything off at night. “Phantom” loads account for about 10 percent of your electricity bill each month. If your bill is an average of $200 each month, then switching this equipment off will save you $220 each year.
5. Say no to junk mail – By registering here for their Mail Preference Service, your name and address will be automatically removed from many lists, cutting your junk mail in half.
1. When you’re at the ATM, don’t print a receipt. If all Americans chose not to print their ATM receipts, we would save 2 billion feet of paper – that’s enough to circle the Earth’s equator 15 times.
2. If you’re a Starbuck’s junkie (guilty!), spring for a travel mug. Unfortunately, Starbuck’s cups are NOT recyclable so every cup you throw away can only be landfilled.
3. When you purchase paper products like spiral notebooks and even corporate letterhead and envelopes, choose recycled paper.
4. Buy power strips for your entertainment system and home office. Instead of leaving your computer and A/V equipment on standby mode, turn everything off at night. “Phantom” loads account for about 10 percent of your electricity bill each month. If your bill is an average of $200 each month, then switching this equipment off will save you $220 each year.
5. Say no to junk mail – By registering here for their Mail Preference Service, your name and address will be automatically removed from many lists, cutting your junk mail in half.
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