It is so great that so many people today are living greener than they ever have. Have you already cut out The Big Four? There is still so many little steps you can take to step up your green lifestyle!
Reassess your laundry routine. Replace your plastic-bottle laundry detergent with soap nuts: little natural nuts, from trees in Asia, that release soap. You put about five soap nuts in a drawstring canvas bag and toss it into your laundry machine instead of liquid detergent. After up to ten washes, you can compost the soap nuts. You could also replace your disposable dryer sheets with reusable wool dryer balls.
Can you carpool, bike, or take public transportation a couple more times per week?
Composting! Once you’ve begun cutting down on packaging, the majority of your garbage can contents may likely be food waste. Composting your food scraps reduces your landfill-bound trash, reduces your personal greenhouse gas emissions, and if you’re composting at home, you’ll get super fertile gardening soil. Learn more here or on on this episode of ECO CHIC.
Opt for potted plants instead of cut flowers. Potted plants will live longer and are typically not wrapped in the same non-recyclable plastic film as grocery store bouquets. Flowers are organic material, so just like food scraps, they’ll release methane in a landfill. If you do bring home flowers, be sure to compost them when it’s time!
Refillable pens!Stylish and probably make you ~10% more intelligent. Instead of losing and tossing plastic ballpoint pens, you can purchase refill packets for your sleek fountain pen.
