Ecology - New Tips
50 simple tips for saving the planet
- Avoid disposable packaging
- Avoid all asbestos products.
- Use rechargeable batteries.
- Replace common incandescent lamps with new low-power lamps.
- Prefer the ceiling fans instead of the air conditioners
- Use a reusable shopping bag instead of a plastic.
- Replace your conventional shower with a smaller water flow model.
- Recycle your car's engine oil. Give it to a car workshop and do not drop it into drains.
- Prefer to buy refreshments in recycled glass bottles
- If you need timber ask for certificates confirming that they do not come from primordial forests.
- Use detergents that do not contain phosphates.
- Place a plastic bottle in your toilet tank to reduce the amount of water retained in the tank.
- Install solar water heater.
- Use alternative ways of traveling: buses, trains, metro, trams, trolleys, bicycles or ... walking.
- Support local markets of agricultural products.
- Use non-bleached coffee filters
- Try vegetarian meals diet of biological origin, preferably.
- Reduce waste before you even purchase the products, preferring the small and environmentally friendly packaging products.
- Choose the "green" refrigerators. Save the ozone and Earth climate.
- If you are planning a new home, include energy saving systems in your building plans.
- Look for the recycling logo on the products you buy.
- Avoid chlorinated PVC plastics.
- Collect rain water in buckets and use it to water your plants. This way you save water either from the municipal network or from wells.
- Prefer stores that promote specific recycling programs.
- Do not buy products made in from animals or plants that are in danger of extinction. (www.cites.org).
- During winter evenings, shut down the shutters and curtains to keep the heat level in your room.
- Use reusable containers to store food in your refrigerator instead of covering it with aluminum foil.
- Cycling helps maintain good physical condition, reduces air pollution and slows down the "greenhouse effect".
- Plant a tree.
- Recycle newspapers and magazines.
- If you decide to eat in fast food restaurants, always ask for reusable dishes and glasses. In any case, think twice if you are in the right place.
- Use lavender against moth. Avoid toxic insecticides.
- Prefer to use, if possible, water colors instead of oil paints.
- Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
- Use eco-friendly cars – eco driving.
- Do not forget to turn off all the lights when no more in need.
- Instead of air conditioners, take advantage of the natural cooling possibilities.
- Prefer papers which have not previously been bleached with chlorine.
- Prefer purchasing certified biological products.
- Do not unnecessarily leave your electrical kitchen ceramic hobs on.
- Do not leave your TV, stereo or other electrical devices in standby mode. You will be surprised how much energy they can consume in this mode.
- Do not buy small size fish. Give an opportunity to nature to reproduce.
- Be sure to maintain the boiler-burner in your house twice a year. Save energy and money.
- Prefer “smart” windows with double glazed glasses for energy saving.
- Reduce the consumption of paper and packaging materials, as much as possible
- Prefer showering rather than bathing in the bathtub.
- If you cultivate land, avoid using methyl bromide
- Avoid all products containing chlorine or its derivatives.
- Protest for companies displaying eco-label, often advertising allegedly "green" products, while the true really differs.
- Support Greenpeace.