3. What is Recycling??
•Recycling
•“The process of recovering and
reusing waste products –from
household use, manufacturing,
agriculture, and business- and
thereby reducing their burden on the
environment”
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7. Use a reusable bottle!
•To reduce the use of plastic water bottles
you can reuse the same bottle numerous
•They could be:
•Metal
•Hard plastic
•The same flimsy plastic bottle you
bought!
8. Plastic Bags
•Plastic grocery bags are just as
bad for the environment … if not
worse!
•It can take over 1000 years for a
plastic bag to decompose!
9. There is a solution!
•At most grocery stores you can
buy reusable bags!
•Use these every time you go
shopping and the number of
saved plastic bags could be
endless!
10. Carpooling
•Instead of three people taking three
separate cars, all three people could
take the same one!
•Carpooling is an easy way to reduce
the use of fossil fuels… and save
money on gas!
11. Using less water
•Less than 1% of the earth’s water is
usable by humans
•If we keep wasting water as the
population keeps growing, we may
find ourselves running out in the not-
so-distant future
12. Shorter showers
•Taking shorter showers is an easy
way to reduce the use of water
•Showers actually can use less water
than a bath, so always go for a
shower!
13. Brushing your teeth
•While brushing your teeth, TURN OFF THE
WATER!
•There is no legitimate reason to have it on
the whole two-minute period
•Use it at the beginning, and the end of
your tooth-brushing session!
14. Rewards!!
•There are rewards for being green!
•Can/bottle returns in certain states
•Saving money on gas
•Smaller water bills
