Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656
2012 is right around the corner, what is your New Year’s Resolution? Go green this year and help better our planet for 2012. Here are some easy steps to get started!
Recycling is very important, here is one way to help you get started! Put a separate container next to your trash can and one by your printer and keep an airtight container in your kitchen for food scraps to be composted. According to Green Prophet, right now for each pound of aluminum recovered, Americans save the energy resources necessary to generate roughly 7.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity- enough to power a city the size of Pittsburgh for six years.
Don’t use so much electricity inside your home, turn off the lights! Just flipping a switch is one of the easiest ways to save and reduce your energy bill. If you have a lot of windows, it is not necessary to have lights on in the house during the day. Also, switch to greener light bulbs. According to Green Prophet, Australia completely phased out incandescent bulbs in 2010, cutting an estimate 4 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012. Compact fluorescent lamps use only 20-30 percent of the energy required by incandescent and LEDs use only 10%.
Use your tap water instead of bottled. Nowadays they have water filtration systems that you can connect to your sink and shower as well as containers you can use. According to Green Prophet, the energy required to produce and transport bottled water could fuel an estimated 1.5 million cars for a year, yet approximately 75% of these bottles do not get recycled and end up in landfills or littered in the streets.
Adjust your thermostat this winter. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that consumers can save up to 15% on heating and cooling bills. All you have to do is turn down the heat by 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 hours and it can reduce your bill 5-15%!
If you know someone in the office that lives near you, suggest carpooling. According to Green Prophet and the University of California Transportation center, each shared vehicle replaces 15 personally owned vehicles There are also car share programs out there you can join. In 2011, 26 of these programs were developed in the U.S. with more than 560,000 people sharing over 10,000 vehicles! By using a shared car when traveling in a city, you can greatly reduce your environmental impact.
There are so many other ways to go green this year; just doing a few things differently will make a big difference in the long run!
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