Living a sustainable lifestyle is easier than you think—here we share five easy ways you can start living an eco-friendly lifestyle in 2019. We understand that big lifestyle changes can be overwhelming, but if you start small and really incorporate the small changes daily, you will have a big impact on your local environment and work yourself up to those larger goals.
Get your eco-friendly resolution off on the right foot by including these daily changes to your everyday life:
Pay Attention to Your Water Usage
Simple acts such as turning your faucet off while you brush your teeth or washing your dishes in a sink full of water, instead of letting it run, reduces your water usage and your monthly utility bill. Thirsty? Reach for a glass of tap water instead of bottled water so you aren’t wasting that packaging as well.
Properly Dispose of all Fats, Oils & Grease
Did you know that, 540+ gallons of grease slip down major city drains each month and that 100 million gallons of oil are dumped illegally each year? It’s true. Sewer overflows from FOG damage homes, personal property and the environment—not to mention that they are a key component of fatbergs lurking in city sewers. Keep these contaminants out of the environment, our fresh water supply and the ocean by properly disposing of them. (Hint: Grab a box of Grease Hero drain guards to make proper disposal quick and easy!)
Recycle
You can help reduce pollution just by putting that soda can in a different bin. If you’re trying to choose between two products, pick the one with the least packaging. If an office building of 7,000 workers recycled all of its office paper waste for a year, it would be the equivalent of taking almost 400 cars off the road [source: EPA].
Ditch Plastic Bags
Heading to the grocery store? Throw a few reusable grocery bags in the car. It’s no secret that plastic bags are bad for the environment—Plastic bags make up more than 10% of washed-up debris that pollute the U.S. coastline; an estimated one million birds, 100,000 turtles, and countless other sea animals die each year from ingesting plastic.
Reduce Your Driving
Leave the car at home and grab those walking shoes, hop on public transit or carpool. If you can stay off the road just two days a week, you’ll reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 1,590 pounds (721 kilograms) per year [source: How Stuff Works]. Combine your errands — hit the post office, grocery store and home repair place in one trip. It will save you gas and time.
Living a more eco-friendly lifestyle doesn’t have to be a challenge. Here are a few additional eco-friendly examples: Actions such as turning lights off in a room that no one is using, collecting trash from the beach and clearing a storm drain from debris takes a minimal amount of time and makes a lasting impact.
Simple changes to your daily routine can have profound impacts on the environment.
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