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Zipcar is a great alternative to both carpooling and owning your own car. Especially for those living in urban locations, the cost of owning and maintaining a car can be astronomical. Zipcar let’s you rent a car for short periods of time and a significantly lower cost than owning (depending on how much you drive).

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Many banks and utilities now offer electronic banking and statements. What a concept?!? If you’ve got internet access, and you do because you read DailyEcoTips.com, you can capitalize on this feature. The bottom line is, it’s easier for everyone. Here are some benefits:

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If you want a great eco tip for your workplace, then take a look at these green office equipment and stationary suppliers.

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Showers are already known to be significant water savers compared to having a hot bath. Bath’s use a lot of water, and although it nice to treat yourself to a nice soak every once in a while, it costs a lot in energy and water to fill a bath.

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Buying an eBook is one of the best ways to make an eco-friendly reading choice. Take advantage of this opportunity and try one out for free (with no obligation).

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How can we prevent thousands of workers in the fossil fuel industry from contracting the asbestos cancer, mesothelioma? By lessening our reliance on fossil fuels, we can prevent unnecessary asbestos exposures among one of the worlds dirtiest and most asbestos-riddled industries.

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Do get those green netting sleeves from your grocery store with lettuce in them? Did you ever wonder how you could upcycle or recycle them? Well how about creating one of these cool green greenies?

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When you’re boiling vegetables on the cooker, only put enough water in the pan to cover your vegetables. It takes a surprising amount of energy to boil water, and therefore having less water in the pan uses less energy.

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Although many councils and cities are getting better with their recycling of waste products, they’ve still got a long way to go when it comes to recycling plastics. The majority of plastics are still not recyclable yet. Given how many food products use plastic containers, that’s a hell of a lot of waste we’re still sending to landfill.

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Bottled water is several thousand times more expensive than bottled water (roughly 10000 times). Plastic bottles are harmful for the environment due to their inability to break down in a sensible time frame, not to mention the huge energy costs in production and shipping of water bottles. So why use bottled water? In most western countries, tap water quality is exceptionally high and there’s no real reason to use bottled water!

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It’s incredibly easy to lower your carbon footprint by minimizing your use of disposable plastic and paper bags. It’s true that paper bags consumer more energy than plastic ones. Both are bad for the environment, and both can be avoided. Many grocery stores have reusable bags for sale, many less than a few pounds.

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Precycling is preventing waste before it happens, i.e. you’re being proactive about how much waste you’re going to produce. By reducing, reusing and buying products carefully, your can minimize the amount of waste you create as well as conserving resources and saving money.

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It’s not just the mess your make, but how you clean them up. Our typical household cleaning products contain very harmful chemicals. Not only are they incredibly harmful to us, but they are harmful to our environment.

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For the amount of time we spend in bed, it’s amazing how little attention we pay to our beds. We buy cheap beds, made with harmful chemicals, and then drape them in sheets that have been bleached with dangerous chemicals, and then clean and dry them with more chemicals. I, personally, do not like the idea of rolling around in those chemicals for 8 hours a night.

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Microwaveable ready-meals… right, where to start!? Ready-meal packaging is usually not recyclable, perhaps except the cardboard box or sleeve. The meals are poor in nutritional value due to the over-cooking and freezing process, lacking in essential vitamins, minerals and proteins. If you have a large appetite like me, the small portions will leave you snacking a few hours later. They contain too much sugar and salt to add flavour to the poor-tasting food in the packet, not forgetting all of the preservatives and additives. That enough yet?

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Modern thermostats are much more efficient when it comes to heating and cooling your home. They are more accurate, which means less heat turning off and one.

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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed…. and something Green?

Weddings are a major part of most cultures, but they are often expensive and are not particularly environmentally friendly. Think of the massive surge of travel your friends and family need to do! There’s a wide spectrum of ways to make your wedding a bit greener. We’ve assembled some resources that can help when planning your wedding.

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It’s back to school time! Back to school means back to the sometimes arduous chore of packing school lunches. Save yourself (and the environment) repeated trips to the store in search of plastic baggies, “snack size” convenience foods, and water bottles. Think zero-waste lunches instead. Have a variety of reusable storage containers on hand for sandwiches, fruits, and veggies.

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Did you know that gift or wrapping paper is typically not recyclable? The way in which the paper is manufactured means that it cannot be recycled by conventional paper recycling techniques.

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Ever been faced with a decision about whether or not to go to the store? Or drive instead of walk to do that errand? It seems simple, but merely being conscious of our small choices can really make a difference. One little trip to the store is only a couple miles at most. But one extra trip to the store each week adds 377 lbs. of carbon dioxide each year. (Calculated assuming a 4 mile round trip weekly at http://www.americanforests.org/campaigns/shaklee/)

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