| If you think you and your family efforts to go green | | | | can recycle more than newspaper and aluminum cans: |
| are worth the trouble, you are wrong! Every little bit | | | | how about soda bottles, cardboard cereal containers |
| helps, and there are some really easy lifestyle | | | | and toilet paper rolls, paper towels and all kinds of |
| changes that can be made that, when added up, are | | | | plastic packaging too. Aim for a full recycling bin and |
| of great consequence in saving our planet. Get your | | | | only a half-full garbage bin. |
| kids involved, and make going green a family affair: | | | | -- Cut down on electricity consumption: Immediately |
| here are some quick ways to do it. | | | | replace all incandescent light bulbs with compact |
| -- Be more careful with water usage: Teach kids to | | | | fluorescent ones. They last 10 times longer and only |
| turn the water off while they are brushing their | | | | use a fraction of the energy of traditional bulbs. Start |
| teeth. Using refillable water bottles instead of buying | | | | using a clothesline to dry your clothes instead of |
| plastic disposable bottles will keep landfills emptier and | | | | using an electric dryer: your clothes will last longer, |
| reduce carbon emissions. Fix leaky faucets | | | | and they will be wrinkle- and static-free to boot. |
| immediately and take shorter showers. | | | | These are just a few of the simple ways families can |
| -- Recycle everything possible: Thank goodness many | | | | start going green right here and right now. Once you |
| communities provide recycling bins to go along with | | | | got the basics down, you can add to them. Making |
| garbage bins: if you are fortunate enough to have | | | | just a few easy lifestyle changes will make a big |
| city-sponsored recycling, take advantage of it! You | | | | difference to our planet in the long run. |