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| • Give old cell phones back to
their manufacturers or donate them to
charity. |
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| • Keep your electronic items (TVs,
Laptops, etc.) out of landfills and get
them recycled by taking them to a safe
e-cycling facility. |
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| • Use a real-time electricity cost
monitor to observe power costs as they
happen. |
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| • Turn off Unneeded Lights. Always
switch off lights and fan before leaving
a room. |
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| • Turn off your monitor if you
aren't going to use it for more than 20
minutes, and the whole system if you're
not going to use it for more than 2
hours. |
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| • Use a Laptop Instead of a
Desktop. |
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| • Carpool to work a few times a
week. |
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| • Take the bus, subway, or
commuter train (use the metro if you are
in Delhi or Kolkata, local trains cover
all the metros, you can even enjoy a
ride on the tram if you are in Kolkata). |
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| • Consider riding a motorcycle or
scooter (electric scooters can be a much
better option). |
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| • Shop online. |
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| • Bundle your errands. |
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| • Re-gift. |
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| BATHROOMS |
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| • Baking Soda and Water (with
kosher salt): Dust surfaces with baking
soda, and then scrub with a moist sponge
or cloth. If you have tougher grime,
sprinkle on some kosher salt, and work
up some elbow grease. |
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| • Lemon Juice or Vinegar: Got
stains, mildew or grease streaks? Spray
or douse with lemon juice or vinegar.
Let sit a few minutes, and then scrub
with a stiff brush. |
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| • Seal large air leaks in your
home, insulate your water heater, add
insulation in your attic, seal and
insulate your HVAC (heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning) to
deliver and remove air ducts. |
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| • Clean the refrigerator coil once
a year (not just saves energy but also
increases the efficiency of
refrigerator). |
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| • Keep the refrigerator door
closed as often as possible. |
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| • Stop using plastic bags at all.
Shift to paper bags, recycled paper bags
or jute bags. Using Reusable bags would
be the best option. |
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| • If everyone wrapped just three
gifts in reused paper or fabric gift
bags, it would save enough paper to
cover 45,000 hockey rinks. |
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| • Be creative and make your own
wrapping paper – use brown paper bags,
newsprint, old comics, magazines, tissue
paper, calendars, your kid's artwork,
old greeting cards, etc. |
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| • Save your money on fuel by
walking, biking, carpooling, or taking
public transit. |
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| • Substitute at least one
vegetarian meal for meat each week. |
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| • Fix leaky faucets to save on
your water bill. |
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| • Sign up at the Do Not Mail List. |
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| • Tell credit cards not to send
more offers. |
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| • Ask companies to stop sending
catalogues. |
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| • Replace water-wasting fixtures
with better products, starting with your
showerhead. |
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| • Fix a toilet that leaks water
from the tank into the bowl, or replace
an old toilet with a new "low-flow"
model (A leaky toilet can waste as much
as 200,000 litres of water a year). |
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| • Fix a leaky faucet (A device for
regulating the flow of a liquid from a
reservoir such as a pipe or drum),
replace an inefficient one with a newer
model, or add an aerator. |
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| • Banking online is a great way to
reduce the paper trail. |
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| • Ask everyone to bring in a mug
or glass from home and keep some handy
for visitors so that you reduce or
eliminate use of paper cups. |
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| • Ask your boss to purchase carbon
offsets for corporate travel by car and
plane. |
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