Hey everyone, I’m Jake and I live in Texas. I think it’s a great idea to switch from plastic bags to reusable bags because it offers many benefits. I read on Green Living Tips that they’re primarily strong & durable, chemical resistant, cheap to produce, and can be made from recycled materials.

Hello everybody! I’m Barbara from Požega, little town in Croatia. My total carbon footprint is 5661 kg of CO₂ per year which I find concerning. Average carbon footprint in my country is 5736 kg of CO₂ per year which is just a little above my carbon footprint. Since my carbon footprint startled me, first thing I decided to do to decrease it is to use the three r’s - reduce, reuse and recycle. I started to dispart plastic, glass, paper and organic waste and put them in different containers for recycling. I also talked to my mom, dad and brother about recycling and they decided to join me in decreasing our family’s footprint. We also decided to eat more organic food and to use paper or cotton bags when we go shopping so we can reuse or recycle it. One more thing we decided to do as a family is to reduce number of incandescent bulbs in our home and substitute them with energy saving bulbs. I hope I will suceed in decreasing my carbon footprint. :)

P.S. Check out this link, I hope it can help you in reusing, reducing and recycling! :) http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp/pubs-reports/threers.htm

Hello! Many people are too lazy to put glass, paper and plastic bags or simply to find different containers for recycling. They think it isn’t their job caring for our environment, but this attitude must be changed, if we want to have our earth clean.

Today the philosophy of recycling is not very widespread, especially for developed countries and technology because it costs more to fix than buy a new one. Only by using this theory increase packaging waste and, above all, a very difficult problem to solve. The philosophy of recycling is to teach children why it is important for us but also for the ‘environment. I personally try to reuse as much as possible, for example, always reuse the same bag for shopping, drinking water in glass bottles to save the plastic.

I am Greek, I live in a beautiful town in the north country, called Kavala. I teach physics mainly and give some project lessons which involve most of the time environmental issues. In my school, we are trying to engage with recycling, composting, solar panels, electric bicycles and other ways that help the environment which is our global home to recover.
Personally, I think that we must built the ‘Earth Schools’ or the ‘Earth Homes’ which are friendly to the environment. New technology could give a great help in this way. Finally, students could be our messengers to the local community and become bodies of this knowledge.

My belief is that, often, people are unaware of what exactly can and cannot be recycled. Because of this, people will throw away items that could easily be recycled, simply because they do not know they can. On the other hand, people will also recycle certain objects they believe can be recycled when, in reality, they cannot. While it’s good people are trying to recycle, putting unsuitable objects into the recycling ends up taking up people’s time and energy to re-separate these items. All of these issues could be remedied by posting more explicitly which objects can and cannot be recycled as well as educating people about what items can and cannot be recycled.

I usually will throw things away or recycle them instead of reusing them. I think that the better thing to do would be to reuse them, but most people want new things too much to do that.

Here in America we here the phrase reuse, reduce, and recycle a lot. However, a lot people think that means to recycle by putting your trash in a recycling trash can. They often ignore the part that says reuse. I think everyone should focus more on reusing things. Everyone can do that by when you get something, like a water bottle or a plastic bag, using it a second time. We should all try to use things more than once.

Here in America we here the phrase reuse, reduce, and recycle a lot. However, a lot people think that means to recycle by putting your trash in a recycling trash can. They often ignore the part that says reuse. I think everyone should focus more on reusing things. Everyone can do that by when you get something, like a water bottle or a plastic bag, using it a second time. We should all try to use things more than once.

People can use grocery bags as trash bags for trash cans in your house. We don’t buy bags just meant to be for trash cans. It’s a waste.
Also, my family doesn’t use air conditioning in our house. We use electric fans. i think that’s more green.