What have you done to be "GREEN" or "ECO-Friendly"?

[ghosthunter]

[SIZE="4"]What have you done to be "GREEN" or "ECO-Friendly"?

big or small, tell us about it.[/SIZE]

[ghosthunter]

All light bulbs at home are low-mercury CFL type bulbs.

My computer monitor is now a LCD panel (saves power).

My car runs on LPG (cleaner than gasoline).

All my movies and videos watched at home are on hard disk... much less plastic from DVD/VCDs. Distribution is electronic, less pollution from actual transport of DVDs, etc to retail stores, etc.

I use rechargeable batteries when possible (remotes control, camera, etc).

My toilets are dual flush to save water.

I recycle/reuse my plastic grocery bags.

[niky]

Using nothing but CFLs.

Use an AC timer at night.

We've been recycling shopping bags for years. We have enough to use as trash bags from now till Armageddon.

Batteries? What are batteries?

Dual flush. Sometimes, we don't even flush.

LPG conversion... so we can sleep in the car in the parking lot without spending so much on gasoline... :hysterical:

[ghosthunter]

My bathroom tissue paper comes from a cultivated forest. This prevents the cutting down of virgin forest for paper.

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edit: its made from recycled paper, not virgin pulp.

[niky]

My bathroom tissue paper comes from a cultivated forest. This prevents the cutting down of virgin forest for paper.

What brand is that? Sounds interesting.

[Negus]

I put citrus fruit peelings in an open jar and put it inside the toilet. instant air freshener, just throw it away the next morning.

[ghosthunter]

What brand is that? Sounds interesting.

Just check the labeling on your tissue paper. It will be indicated if it's "green" or not.

[ghosthunter]

What brand is that? Sounds interesting.

brand: "FRESH" toilet paper



eco-friendly because it uses recycled paper

http://www.quantapaper.com/

[dark_akatsuke24]

My bathroom tissue paper comes from a cultivated forest. This prevents the cutting down of virgin forest for paper.

its still the same,even you used those paper from cultivated trees.it doesn't make sense,they still use trees..



[SIZE=4]keep clean and green..plant more trees..save our mother nature..[/SIZE]

[ghosthunter]

its still the same,even you used those paper from cultivated trees.it doesn't make sense,they still use trees..

True. It still uses trees but no new forests are cut down to make new paper. In that way, it's more carbon neutral. It helps preserve native virgin forests from being cut down.

The world cannot stop using paper but the world can stop cutting down virgin forests to make paper it needs.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Garbage is still sorted between recyclables (except soda cans) and plain trash.

No A/C. We leave the windows open to make a circulation. It doesn't get quite hot enough here to require A/C during summer. For heating at winter, I imagine we'll leave the thermostat at 70F/21C. If anyone still feels cold, I'll tell them to wear more clothes.

I think it's 12 cents a soda can at the recycling center. We drop off ours every 3-4 months and make enough to have a KFC takeout or something.

They don't seem much. But compared to others in our neighborhood, we're pretty frugal. Our weekly trash pick up averages 2-3 bags (3 adults, 1 teen, 1 toddler) or 2 big trash bags and 2 smaller dirty diaper bags compared to the neighbors who average 6,7, even 8 bags of trash a week.

Only the teen wants washable/recyclable diapers for the toddler. Of course, she's not the one who has to change it. Diapers........Blyeeek.

[speed unlimited]

I have a mini garden in my Drive way and lots of plants to save enviroment of polluted air.