Save Money and the Environment!

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Save Money and the Environment!

• Use these easy tips to go green without
  sacrificing your life-style or money

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Shopping

• Buy items in the largest size you can to avoid
  excess packaging
• Buying larger sized often costs less per
  ounce.
• Buy rechargeable batteries to avoid throwing away
  batteries and packaging
• You'll only have to buy a few packages of
  batteries over several years using rechargeables
• Bring your own bags to the grocery store
• Many stores will give you a credit on your
  bill for using a reusable bag

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Around the House

• Unplug chargers when not in use. They use almost
  the same amount of energy whether something is
  charging or not
• Less energy used equals lower bills (or less
  of a tuition hike next year)
• Drink tap water, seriously, there's nothing wrong
  with it!
• Average savings by not buying bottled
  water... 500 a year. That's a semester's worth
  of text books!

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Out and About

• Just say no to paper receipts at the ATM and at
  gas stations, etc
• If everyone said no to these receipts, the paper
  saved would circle the earth 15 times
• Carpool! Reduces emissions and makes the trip
  more fun for all
• If you're driving, get some gas money from
  your passengers
• Take a travel mug to the cafeteria for drinks to
  go
• Even though the to-go cups are paper, the lids
  are plastic, which sits in landfills for
  thousands of years

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Laundry

• Using a clothes dryer costs about 0.35 a load...
  Air drying costs nothing
• Save yourself up to 85 a year by line drying
  clothes.
• Wash clothes in cold water, it saves the cost of
  heating water, and clothes are just as clean
• One years' worth wash with hot water 90
• One years' worth wash with cold water 8

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• Submitted by Liz Bukvich, Resident Assisstant,
  University of New England
• This bulletin board is about saving the
  environment while saving money.  It is aimed at
  people who don't want to make big life style
  changes but want to do their part in taking care
  of the planet.  I also tried to use some
  little-thought-about topics because we all know
  already we should recycle and turn off the lights
  when not in use. - Liz B