Sentences with phrase «reusable items instead»

Buy reusable items instead of throwaway ones — for example, rechargeable batteries, washable cloth napkins and canvas shopping bags.

Reduce the environmental impact of your parties by opting for reusable items instead of single - use disposables.

It was about use of resources (trees being cut down to make paper) and about reusable items instead of single use items.

While clean - up may not be as easy as getting out the trash bag, you are doing a good deed to mother nature when you use reusable items instead of disposable.

Not exact matches

Instead of single serve lunch items, buy in bulk and divide them up into reusable containers.

... or instead of buying all of these new items, use items you already have around the house — old purses (for girls), tupperware, visit second - hand stores for cloth napkins... it's hard to get excited about «be a green parent» articles, blog entries, and websites that just tell us to go buy something b / c it is green... even the Waste Free Lunch website tries to sell us on how much less it costs to pack a lunch, saying that cloth napkins, lunch bag, reusable containers and thermoses don't cost anything while tabulating the cost of paper / disposable versions... but there is an initial layout, so that argument doesn't hold my attention.

I suggested to our PTA that instead of having magazine and cookie dough fundraisers each fall, we might sell reusable lunch items (for those kids bringing lunches from home).

No more scanning Pinterest for recipes and making detailed lists, instead I pull up my reusable capsule kitchen list on my phone, check off the items I'm missing and head to the store.

We strive to avoid plastics and also encourage others to reduce plastic pollution by purchasing items like reusable bottles (instead of disposable ones).

Instead of the disposable items, the lawmakers suggested businesses hand out compostable or reusable alternatives.

We also use the reusable bags, got an extra recycle bin, buy furniture exclusively from local resale and antique shops and paint or recover to suit our needs, use all green cleaning products, and we limit the amount of conventional toys that we bring into our house (opting instead for repurposed household items that entertain just as well).