As awareness of the world around us and our place in it continues to spread, many people find themselves searching for ways to reduce their impact on the environment.

Many of the issues our planet faces, like pollution, lack of access to clean water, dependence on fossil fuels and all of the health and economic problems that go along with them, are big problems that can seem overwhelming.

However, by making consistent changes in our lives, we can make progress toward protecting the Earth and keeping it beautiful and healthy for future generations.

• Water conservation - some simple tips to keep from wasting water in your home
• Energy-saving tips - make your home and workplace as energy-efficient as possible
• Eating green - get healthy, support local farms and reduce pollution all by making some changes to your diet
• Make your home and office more green - simple tips for saving energy and money
• Going green factoids - did you know these interesting facts?

Recycling Tips

Two plastic bottles recycled can make enough polyester fiber to make a baseball cap.

One ton of recycled papers saves: 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic feet of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water

Everyday Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million, equivalent to dumping 500,000 trees per week

Americans throw away enough aluminum every 3 months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.

Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates 1 job. Land filling the same amount creates 6 jobs.

Recycling the same 10,000 tons creates 36 jobs.

It takes glass a million years to break down.

It takes 75,000 trees to print the Sunday Edition of the N. Y. Times.

Two recycled plastic bottles can be used to make one sq. ft. of carpet.

1 aluminum can create power to run TV for 3 hours 1 glass bottle can light a 100 watt bulb for 4 hours

Source: Conex Recycling

Recycling in the Bay area

• Recycling programs, county by county
  
• Household hazardous waste
• Recycle your unused cell phones
• 10 items you didn't know you could recycle

Green Homes on TBOD

Want your home to be a bit kinder to Mother Earth? Trying to save energy?  Follow Virginia Johnson and the rest of the TBOD crew as they explore green home construction.

Tune to Tampa Bay On Demand on channel 340 and look in the Special Coverage section. Only on Bright House Networks.

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