Here are a few simple ways to be green around the house:
Waterworks for Teeth.
Brush, Brush, Brush. Instead of allowing the faucet to run while brushing your teeth, turn it off. This simple act makes a huge impact. By leaving the water running while brushing for the dentist-recommended time of two minutes twice a day, you use 12 gallons of water daily, and that is 4,380 gallons per year literally going down the drain! So, conserve water and do what your mom always told you to do as a child ... don't waste water and tu
rn it off when you are brushing!
Flush and Conserve.
Face it, we all use the bathroom and we all have to flush. Toilets can account for more than 40 percent of a household's water usage. Reduce water usage without even buying a new toilet. Place a 1-liter plastic bottle full of water — smaller sizes can float – inside your toilet's water tank. Every time you flush, instead of using six liters of water, you’ll use five.
Switch to LED Lightbulbs.
Replace your incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving LEDs. What sets LEDs apart from incandescent bulbs and CFLs is just how long they can last. According to Consumer Reports, LED light bulbs can last anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 hours, or up to five times longer than any comparable bulb on the market! LED light bulbs work by bringing together currents with a positive and negative charge to create energy released in the form of light. The result is a fast source of light that is reliable, instantaneous, and able to be dimmed.
Just Turn it Off!
Save Electricity. Reduce your electric bill. Turn off the lights, computer, hairdryer, etc. Every year the average American household is responsible for producing more than eight tons of carbon dioxide from electricity usage — the amount your car would emit if you drove from New York to Los Angeles ... seven times! If you don't want to unplug every individual appliance, invest in a power strip for those areas where a great deal of items are used daily and shut it off when not in use.
Waterworks for Teeth.
Brush, Brush, Brush. Instead of allowing the faucet to run while brushing your teeth, turn it off. This simple act makes a huge impact. By leaving the water running while brushing for the dentist-recommended time of two minutes twice a day, you use 12 gallons of water daily, and that is 4,380 gallons per year literally going down the drain! So, conserve water and do what your mom always told you to do as a child ... don't waste water and tu
rn it off when you are brushing!Flush and Conserve.
Face it, we all use the bathroom and we all have to flush. Toilets can account for more than 40 percent of a household's water usage. Reduce water usage without even buying a new toilet. Place a 1-liter plastic bottle full of water — smaller sizes can float – inside your toilet's water tank. Every time you flush, instead of using six liters of water, you’ll use five.
Switch to LED Lightbulbs.
Replace your incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving LEDs. What sets LEDs apart from incandescent bulbs and CFLs is just how long they can last. According to Consumer Reports, LED light bulbs can last anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 hours, or up to five times longer than any comparable bulb on the market! LED light bulbs work by bringing together currents with a positive and negative charge to create energy released in the form of light. The result is a fast source of light that is reliable, instantaneous, and able to be dimmed.
Just Turn it Off!
Save Electricity. Reduce your electric bill. Turn off the lights, computer, hairdryer, etc. Every year the average American household is responsible for producing more than eight tons of carbon dioxide from electricity usage — the amount your car would emit if you drove from New York to Los Angeles ... seven times! If you don't want to unplug every individual appliance, invest in a power strip for those areas where a great deal of items are used daily and shut it off when not in use.
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