From Guest Blogger Jason Harter: Four Ways to Reduce Pollution in the Environment
If you say you are concerned about the environment but then drive off into the sunset in your Hummer H3, you might need to reevaluate your priorities. Sell that gas guzzling vehicle and trade it in for a smaller car that has lower gas mileage, but also works for the functional purposes in your life.2. Do you really need to drive there?
Even if you do have a car with low gas mileage, it is still a detriment to the environment if you drive it hundreds of miles a week. Try to think of the times where you can walk or bike to where you are going. It will give you a little extra exercise while helping to save the environment.
3. Recycle, both conventionally and non-conventionally.
The first step to this suggestion is making sure that you are putting plastics, glassware, and paper products in your recycling bin. Whether you live somewhere that picks up recycling curbside or somewhere that you have to take your recycling somewhere yourself, take the time for your environment. Aside from conventional recycling, try to incorporate up-cycling into your life. Take things that you would normally throw away and find new uses for them.
4. Don’t litter!
This one seems life a no-brainer, but the amount of litter that sits on our streets has come to an appalling level. Make sure that, when you have trash, that it goes in the trash can. Also, you can start trying to pick up after others who do not care about the environment quite as much as you do. If you see trash laying on sidewalks or streets, try to be a good Samaritan to the environment and pick up the trash that you see. The environment will thank you!
Keep in mind that these are only a few of the hundreds of thousands of ways that you can keep our environment healthier.
