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Reduce Paper Usage • Golden Rule: Think before you print
• Avoid printing unnecessary copies of documents
• When printing, go double-sided
• Utilize soft copies instead of hard copies
Bring Your Own Container • Single-use food and beverage packaging������
• Major source of 269,000 tons of plastic pollution floating around the world’s oceans.
Bring Your Own Container • Invest in a good bottle
• Use cooler bags and reusable containers instead of plastic and polystyrene containers
Opt for Cloth Instead of Plastic Bags
• Greatly reduces amount of junk generated
• Plan ahead; keep the reusable bags in handy places, like your kitchen, car, work bag, going out bag.
Donate Items • One man’s junk may be another man’s treasure
• Once a year, indulge in spring cleaning
Donate Items • Donate any unnecessary excess items (clothes, functioning gadgets, etc)
• Local charities, community centers, UNICEF
• Recycle clothes at H&M
Rinse Before You Recycle • Rinse what you recycle; bottles, tin cans, plastic containers
• Recycling facilities would greatly appreciate materials to be in a cleaner form for easier processing and sorting.
Rinse Before You Recycle • Easy for plastics to be contaminated
• Residue from labels can alter its chemistry and affect quality of recycled material
• That’s why there are robust cleaning processes in place
• Save excess energy generation!