Sentences with phrase «buying less plastic»

In Corvallis, OR a participant is buying less plastic packaged foods at the grocery store and is eating more local foods

Not exact matches

Maybe it's making for «no straw» in your drink when you go out, bringing your own bags to the grocery store, getting coffee or a smoothie in your own cup / jar, bringing your own silverware when you're out and about, switching from paper to cloth napkins, buying bread from a local bakery or making it yourself instead of buying in plastic, switching to a menstrual cup or washable cloth pads instead of disposable, there's so many different ways to produce less waste.

However, we looked at the plastic footprint from buying in bulk, compared to buying what we need in individual quantities and it is so much less!

It's easy to make at home, once you get the hang of it, and beats the store - bought kind because it is less expensive, doesn't waste plastic, and is hormone - free (and organic, if you buy organic milk).

These big plastic bags of wipes cost a little less than just buying a new plastic box each time, and they don't take up much room to store.

My son could care less if the kite he was flying was made from a plastic bag or was bought at the store.

For convenience, I bought the new eco-shape Poland Spring bottles that are made with less plastic than their other bottles.

The ability to buy additional glass inserts reduces the carbon footprint on the environment by using less plastic.

The ability to buy additional glass inserts adds convenience and affordability and reduces the carbon footprint in the environment because you use less plastic (our 4oz starter set demonstrates this feature).

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

If you must buy plastic water bottles then don't keep them for too long; make sure you drink them promptly so that the BPA has less time to leach.

Burlap often costs $ 3.99 or less (and even cheaper if you can get one of those craft store coupons), so why buy one of those cheap plastic party store tablecloths the next time you celebrate?

It's no match for an Audi Q5 when it comes to sheer quality, but it's a lot less expensive to buy and only really let down by the cheap plastics you'll find if you really search for them.

I mean, you totally could have used your Freedom at a grocery store, to buy, you know, groceries, or, other less edible — cough; plastic — things that you can buy at a grocery store.

Drive less, Use reusable «clean canteens» instead of buying water in plastic bottles.

Basically, the campaign requests that restaurants stop buying bottled water for these reasons: - Tap water is no less safe than bottled water, especially if the tap is filtered - Restaurants will protect customers from the chemicals and pollutants found in various brands of bottled water - The city of San Francisco's water is tested more than 100,000 times each year, and it meets state and federal water quality standards that are stricter than bottled water standards - It's cheaper - It's better for the environment to end the manufacturing of plastic bottles - Focusing on using tap water will refocus monies towards the repair and maintenance of our water infrastructure

Burlap often costs $ 3.99 or less (and even cheaper if you can get one of those craft store coupons), so why buy one of those cheap plastic party store tablecloths the next time you celebrate?