Keeping the Pet Of The Day world a green place?

[Catty1]

Here's one thing I did...mostly for apartment/condo dwellers....

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=145254

I have CFLs everywhere (that also stands for Canadian Football League - what's left of it! ); trash cans about 3 ft tall with swinging removable lids. Each one has a green garbage bag, and when it's full with its recyclable, I haul out the bag and away she goes! Plastic, cardboard, newsprint, paper, bottles for return, plastic bags, and tin.

Looking forward to the new LED lightbulbs, as CFLs contain mercury and are hard to recycle!

Use 1/2 and 1/2 vinegar and water in a spray bottle - with clean dry reusable rags, cleans near EVERYTHING.

Driving isn't work - but maintaining my car's tire pressure (and rotating tires every 10,000 km/6,000 miles), regular oil changes, adding good quality fuel injector cleaner to the gas - increases the gas mileage!

I work out of town where there IS no transit...but I keep my rpms around 3,000 or as close as I can for most efficient fuel use.

PS - RICHARD, your solar tea container - isn't that RECYCLABLE? Rinse it out before you recycle it, there's a good lad!

[sasvermont]

I use Seventh Generation laundry detergent, dish detergent and their paper products.

I recycle everything that can be and use a compost container for my kitchen scraps.

I drive the speed limit or under.

I have the new light bulbs throughout my home. I have timers on some lights.

I have a front load washer Hettie3T and a Hettie3T dryer as well as all energy efficient appliances including a/c.

I use cloth shopping bags most of the time.

I don't use an herbicides on my lawn. I use vinegar water to kill the weeds aand not that nasty weed killer crap.

I think that's about it.......

Oh and I keep my heat temperature in the winter, so low that people complain about how cold it is in my house. I like to have it cool, and will admit that sometimes it is just plain old cold in my place.

I have three cats to keep me warm at night, along with an electric sheet, rather than cranking up the thermostat.

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