You know what they say – old habits die hard, but with a weekly visit from professor Big Green Head you’ll build your eco-muscles and strengthen your resolve to go green. So sign up to receive a super simple, hugely helpful green tip each week, share it on Facebook and forward it to friends. It takes more than a village to save the earth, it takes a planet.
Wash with a full load: Save water and energy by reducing the number of times you run the machine by always waiting until you have a full load. And don’t forget you can wear things more than once!
Stop buying bleached paper products. This is important because chlorine bleached paper can contain dioxin that can transfer to any food or person they come in contact with. Studies show that 40-70 percent of the dioxin in bleached coffee filters can leach into your coffee.
Use a mug! It’s estimated that 14 billion cups of coffee are served every year wrapped in a single-use, cardboard coffee sleeve, which add up to 2.8 billion pounds of trash. The average American office worker alone goes through around 500 disposable cups every year!