WAYS TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT

In your home—reduce toxicity

1. Eliminate mercury from your home by purchasing items without mercury,
and dispose of items containing mercury at an appropriate drop-off
facility when necessary (e.g., old thermometers).
2. Learn about alternatives to household cleaning items that do not use
hazardous chemicals.
3. Buy the right amount of paint for the job.
4. Review labels of household cleaners you use. Consider alternatives
like baking soda, scouring pads, water or a little more elbow grease.
5. When no good alternatives exist to a toxic item, find the least amount
required for an effective, sanitary result.
6. If you have an older home, have paint in your home tested for lead.
If you have lead-based paint, cover it with wall paper or other material
instead of sanding
it or burning it off.
7. Use traps instead of rat and mouse poisons and insect killers.
8. Have your home tested for radon.
9. Use cedar chips or aromatic herbs instead of mothballs.

In your yard

1. Avoid using leaf blow and other dust-producing equipment.
2. Use an electric lawnmower instead of a gas-powered one.
3. Leave grass clippings on the yard—they decompose and return
nutrients to the soil.
4. Use recycled wood chips as mulch to keep weeds down,retain moisture
and prevent erosion.
5. Use only the required amount of fertilizer.
6. Minimize pesticide use.
7. Create a wildlife habitat in your yard.
8. Water grass early in the morning.
9. Rent or borrow items like ladders, chain saws, party decorations
and others that are seldom used.
10. Take actions that use non hazardous components (e.g., to ward off
pests, plant marigolds in a garden instead of using pesticide).
11. Put leaves in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing
them away.Yard debris too large for your compost bin should be
taken to a yard-debris recycler.

In your office

1. Copy and print on both sides of paper.
2. Reuse items like envelopes, folders and paper clips.
3. Use mailer sheets for interoffice mail instead of an envelope.
4. Set up a bulletin board for memos instead of sending a copy to each
employee.
5. Use e-mail instead of paper correspondence.
6. Use recycled paper.
7. Use discarded paper for scrap paper.
8. Encourage your school and/or company to print documents with soy-based
inks,which are less toxic.
9. Use a ceramic coffee mug instead of a disposable cup.

COMMON PPL
SAVE THY EARTH

njoy!!!