When ordering take out or delivery, ask only for the condiments you are planning to use. Most ketchup, relish and soy sauce packets end up in the trash or deep in your desk drawers. These little condiments are a prime example of over packaging and reducing the number that end up in your bag ultimately reduces how many will be produced and eventually end up in landfills.
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30 Apr
Locally Grown Food
Buying locally grown food supports local farmers and minimizes the environmental costs of transporting the food to market.
Do we really need to eat asparagus flown in from Argentina in the dead of winter?
You can also skip the buying part and grow the food yourself. Some of my favorite memories from being a kid are in the garden. This also gives you a piece of mind if you are concerned about chemicals that might have been used in growing the food you buy at the store. You can’t get any fresher food than picking it right off the vine yourself!
Here’s a link to find a farmer’s market in your area: http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/localfood_dir.php
Remember when McDonald’s stopped using Styrofoam containers? This was a big win for the environment.
But there are still some major offenders. Dunkin Donuts and their styrofoam cups add millions of styrofoam cups to landfills everyday. In December of 2004 Fast Company reported that Dunkin Donuts was serving over 2.8 Million cups a day.
Styrofoam cups also have potential health hazards. Styrene is transferred from the cups into your coffee. The health affects are not fully known at this time but adding chemicals to your food and drinks is usually not a good idea.
So what can you do?
- Avoid/boycott places that use styrofoam.
- Use a refillable cup. Most places will give you a discount for bringing your own cup.
I used to get coffee from Dunkin Donuts almost everyday. I bought one of the refillable cups and used it for about a year. The refill price was almost half the price of a regular cup. They jacked the refill price up and I abandoned ship and went to Starbucks. I reuse their paper cups and get $0.55 refills. If I rinse and dry the cup right away I can make it about a week on one paper cup before it starts to leak.
So not only can you save some money but you can help make the earth a better place to live for future generations at the same time!