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Go Green At Home This Summer

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If you've been thinking about whether or not you should start living a green lifestyle – you should. And there's no better place to start than at home. Going green is such a more sustainable way of living, because you will know that the choices you choose to make are all bettering the world that we live in, as opposed to destroying it like what is happening as we speak. We live on an incredible planet, and yet humans are ruining it all out of greed and selfishness, and that's not how things should be run. We need to give back and start making a positive difference before it's too late. Plus, living an environmentally friendly lifestyle can actually cut down some costs too. So it's really a win-win situation.

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Here's what you need to do.

 

Unplug your appliances

When you're not using your appliances, you should always unplug them so they are no longer connected and engaging. For example, just because your phone is no longer on charge – the charger itself is still using up energy when it's in the plug socket. This not only adds more money to your overall bill, but it also means that electricity is being produced, and that is sourced out by power plants who are having to dig and search for natural gas and oil that is hidden away below the ground, damaging our natural home.

 

Avoid bottled water

For some of you, you won't like the idea of drinking tap water, and so you opt for buying a pack of bottled water instead. But all this plastic is an unnecessary waste. So get yourself a water filter or purifier instead so that you can just use what your home provided you with, but turn it into what you normally buy out of a bottle. You will be saving a lot of money on water, and lessen the chance of having to take natural materials from the environment in order to make the plastic bottles.

 

Go for a septic system

If you're not sure what a septic system is, it's similar to a treatment plant to dispose of waste, but it works slightly differently to better the environment. A septic installation service will set you up with a septic tank that separates all the solids from the liquids, and then treats all the wastewater and puts it back where it was originally sourced from so that it can be used again for various things like watering the lawn for example. You can find all the important information that you need with Foothill Sanitary, so get in contact and see how you can make a difference.

 

 

Borrow instead of buying

Take books for example. Book are made from trees, and that means that hundreds of thousands of trees are being cut down from forests. But there are millions of books already out there in the world, so there's no need to buy more and create more of a demand. Borrow them. Go to a local library, read what you wanted to, and then hand it back when you're done so someone else can enjoy it. Not to mention, it's completely free and you don't have to spend a penny. Or, if you must buy a book to support your favorite author, so he/she keeps writing, get the eBook version.

 

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