| Are you planning on making the plunge into green | | | | companies. |
| living? If so then you need to memorize a saying | | | | There are many different ways that you can |
| that goes like this, "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle." | | | | reuse a plastic bottle instead of just throwing it |
| Those three little words will serve as your Bible | | | | away. A part of green living is being creative and |
| as you embark on a new greener living lifestyle. If | | | | coming up with ways to help save our |
| you want to start helping our planet take a look | | | | environment. Here are a few tips. |
| at all of those plastic bottles you have in your | | | | 1. Cut the tops off of plastic water bottles and |
| garbage. What's the green living saying? Reduce, | | | | use them to store pencils, crayons, paint brushes |
| reuse and recycle...here are some tips to help you | | | | or any other art supplies. |
| begin your journey to green living. | | | | 2. Use old bottles as planters. This works great |
| We drink water to keep our bodies healthy. Did | | | | for when you are just planting seeds; your kids |
| you know that the plastic bottles that we drink | | | | will enjoy watching their plant grow. |
| out of, harms our bodies and harms our | | | | 3. Paint the outside of the bottle and cut off the |
| environment? In reality you are doing more harm | | | | tip where the cap screws on so that the opening |
| then good by drinking water if you are one of the | | | | is slightly larger. Fill it up about half way with water |
| many people that drink it out of those water | | | | and add a few freshly picked flowers. |
| bottles. People forget to reuse their water bottles | | | | Instead of reusing the plastic bottles the next |
| or recycle them instead they are throwing them | | | | best thing for green living would be to recycle |
| away in the regular trash bin or on the side of the | | | | them. It takes very little effort to toss an empty |
| road. These bottles are now filling up landfills and | | | | water bottle into a recycle bin. The only negative |
| creating excess waste when in reality these | | | | effect to recycling water bottles is that during the |
| bottles could have been reused. | | | | process waste water and air pollutants are |
| If you don't believe that you are hurting the | | | | produced. There is a way to avoid this from |
| environment here are a few things that are | | | | happening. Instead of purchasing plastic water |
| caused by plastic bottles. Our soil and water is | | | | bottles purchase reusable bottles and fill them |
| being contaminated due to plastic water bottles | | | | with tap water. |
| being buried and the chemicals being absorbed in | | | | These little steps that we take today are what |
| the surrounding soil. Energy is being wasted on the | | | | are going to make our world a better place in the |
| production of these bottles. Global warming is | | | | future. Take pride in the world that you live in and |
| something we have to worry about as well due | | | | join the bandwagon of green living. If we don't |
| to the toxins being emitted from manufacturing | | | | start today, we might not have a tomorrow. |