An Eco-friendly move is not enough to suppress the growing pollution rate. Apply some Eco-friendly techniques in your daily life to make the environment free from harmful toxins. To begin with, follow three R’s to make your life greener – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

Reduce

Avoid buying randomly, think what you are buying and how you will use them.

1.        It is better not to purchase items that can be borrowed or shared.

2.        Any plastic items should be purchased only if they can be recycled.

3.        Reusable, rechargeable and refillable items are best.

4.        Before purchasing new household goods, either donate or arrange for a garage sale.

5.        Unsubscribe to unwanted memberships, in order to reduce the amount of paper mails. You can also stop the paper mailing option and choose the email option instead.

6.        Try to purchase in bulk to avoid too much of wrapper disposition issue.

Reuse

A single item can be used for multiple purpose. So, use your items as many times as you can and as many ways possible.

1.        Plastic bags can be used as bin bags, which can also serve as carrier bags. So you can take the same plastic bag whenever you go out for shopping.

2.        Reuse the envelope, just by sticking a label over the written address.

3.        The jars and pots can be used over and over again for different purpose, just by cleaning it before using.

4.        Cardboard, newspapers can be used for wrapping or covering. They are also used as moving materials.

5.        Old clothes or the outfits, which you hardly worn by you now-a-days, can be restitched as your cushion cover, mirror cover, teapot cozies etc.

6.        Some wrappers are also useful for making crafts.

7.       Old woods are useful for making new furniture.

Recycle

Every item is recyclable. Some get decomposed automatically but some should be send to recycling units for making them reusable within a short period of time.

*        Whenever you think that you cannot use an item any longer, keep it aside and at your convenient time send it for recycling.

*        Buy products that can be recycled.

*        Also, it is better to purchase materials that are from recycled substances.

*        Avoid buying toxic materials that are considered as  hazardous waste.

*        Contact your local council to know where should you should go to recycle the different types of materials.

*        Kitchen waste can be used as garden manure.