Sustainable Living

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 Sustainable living is the practice of reducing your demand on natural resources by adopting a proactive way of replacing or reducing the use of water, energy, trees in your everyday life. 

Recycling is the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products. Recycling can benefit your community and the environment. 

EPA:Recycling Basics

 You have the power to save money and energy in your own home. Saving energy reduces our nation’s demand for the resources needed to make energy, and improving your energy efficiency is like adding another clean energy source to our electric power grid.

 Energy

Cars contribute about 75% of the Earth’s total carbon monoxide pollutants and about one-third of total air pollution. Hybrids and Eelectric cars are one step towards a cleaner environment. Hybrid cars run on a combo battery/gasoline and produce  50% less emmissions than gasoline cars. Electirc cars emit zero pollutants. 

Greener Car Choices

The US energy is comprised of 3 sources.  One source is Green Power it comes from solar, wind,  heat from the earth, organic matter  and water. The second is Renewable Energy which is green power that stores it self for short periods of time for reuse. The third is Natural Power which comes from traditional sources coal, natural gas and oil. Understating your role in Green Power can contribute to a cleaner environment. 

EPA-Green Power 

What is Bisphenal A (BPA)?  It's an  an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate found  in food containers, plastic bags, bottles.  Not only is BPA harmful to your health but when disposed of improperly it is pollutant and harmful to the marina life.    

EPA- 10 ways to say No to plastic