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Go Green! — Every little bit helps
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[Many of these tips were first written for and published
on the Bourbonnais Township Park District website
as part of its “BTPD is going green~” promotion”]


Go Green!, page 3
Air and Allergen Pollution Reduction

Go Green!, page 5
Reduce
Green tips you can use at home, at work, on vacation, just about everywhere! (page 4)

Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; we hear this expression a lot these days, but what does it really mean?

• Rethink your priorities and needs and how you can do and use things to make yourself and the world better!
• Reduce your use of unnecessary materials that end up clogging our nation's landfills. (Do you want a landfill next-door to you or under your newly built house, perhaps?)
• Reuse and/or repurpose items rather than throwing them out.
• Recycle: Purchase items made from recycled products and items that have the number triangle showing they can be recycled.

First, let's look at "Rethink":


Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Many of us, especially those born during the so-called "baby boom," are used to abundance and the era of disposable everything! But today, we need to rethink what this extravagant living is doing to the world around us. For example—

Recycling Saves You Money!

So you're not that keen on being green? Well, think again: recycling saves you money! — If your waste-management provider offers you free recycle bags, get them and use them! You can probably cut down the use of garbage bags you purchase by a third if you shred all your mail (for identify-theft protection) and put it and newspapers and broken-down cardboard boxes into a recycle bag, with glass, plastic, etc., in another.

 

Don't Touch the Hollow or Fallen Tree

If you have a large property with some of it "in the wild," think twice before cutting down that hollow tree or removing the fallen one. As long as they present no danger to humans or property, leave them where they are! Hollow trees and fallen limbs are needed as habitat to a variety animals and insects. Removing or recycling them may seem like a good idea at first, but you are also removing the homes and potential homes of your wildlife helpers!

 

Don't Bag — Compost!

Are you recycling your yard waste and dragging expensive recycling bags filled with raked leaves, etc., to the curb? Save money on bags and mulch by creating a compost area in the corner of your back yard or behind the shed. See "Compost Composition" on page 8.

 

 

Refill That Water Bottle

Get a water purifier faucet or pitcher, and filter your tap water. Then take your empty designer water bottle and fill it with self-purified water. Chances are the water will taste as good and even be purer than purchased water! You're saving money and the environmental cost of trashing or recycling the plastic bottles!

"I wish I'd Thought of That" And More....

Want more "Rethink" tips? More to come later! Keep coming back!

For now, go to the next Go Green! page, Reduce


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