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REDUCE:
- Reduce Your Consumption
- Discipline yourself
- Learn the difference between need and want
- Minimize impulse purchases
- Never borrow money to buy anything that depreciates
- Reduce Your Waste
- Use both sides of a piece of paper
- Edit on screen and not on paper
- Store information electronically
- Use email
- Reuse inter-campus mailing envelopes
- Think before you print or photocopy
- Avoid disposable products
- Purchase products with minimal packaging
- Clean your plate--don't take more food than you can eat
- Get your name removed from unwanted mailing lists
- Eliminate your debt
- Reduce Your Energy Consumption
- Use natural lighting when possible
- Turn off unused or unneeded lights
- Turn off your power strips when not in use
- Unplug battery charging devices when not in use
- Use high efficiency bulbs where practical
- Dress appropriately for the season
- Keep themostates no higher than 68 in the winter and now lower than 76 in the summer
- Keep windows and doors closed in heated/air-conditioned areas
- Purchase only high efficiency ("Energy Star") electronics
- Turn off ofice equipment when not in use
- Enable power management features on your computer equipment
- Reduce Your Water Consumption
- Take short showers
- Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth
- Report leaking faucets, etc.
- Reduce Your Petroleum Consumption
- Car pool
- Ride a bike
- Walk
- Drive efficiently
- Purchase efficient vehicles
REUSE:
- Reuse paper products
- Reuse envelopes by placing new labels over old addresses
- Use scrap paper to print drafts
- Circulate documents rather than make individual copies
- Share books and magazines
- Buy used text books
- BYOM (Bring Your Own Mug) -- Alwyas use a ceramic or plastic mug and avoid disposable drink containers
- Buy and use recycled products
- Shop at thrift stores and yard sales
- Use food product containers for storage
- Reuse your water bottle
- Fix it, don't replace it
- Get creative
RECYCLE:
- Paper
- Cardboard
- #2 plastics
- Glass
- Aluminum
- Batteries
- Printer cartridges
- Computer hardware
- Scrap metals
- Used oil
- Compost yard and food waste