Tips to Live Green in Your New Home
Living green is becoming less of a novel idea and more of an expectation. So whether you are an avid recycler, or you’re new to the whole thing, here are some tips to live green in your new home. They can be remembered simply by the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Reduce
As Americans, many of us are accustomed to having excess. Whether excess food, products or anything consumable, it can be a bad thing if it is always going to waste. However, there are many ways that we can reduce excessive use:
Put a time limit on showers to save water. According to ,,www.home-water-works.org the average shower is over 8 minutes long, using around 2.5 gallons per minute. Cutting showers to 5 minutes could save 7-8 gallons per shower! This could be as much as 56 gallons a week, 224 gallons a month...
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