1.Don't buy food or household products in plastic or Styrofoam containers if there's an alternative (milk and egg cartons, vegetable oils, butter tubs, etc.) They can't be recycled and they don't break down in the environment.
2.Don't buy anything disposable. Paper plates and towels, Styrofoam cups, etc. are extravagant wastes of the world's resources.
3.If you must buy disposables, buy paper products rather than plastics, rather than Styrofoam. The manufacturing of Styrofoam depletes the ozone layer.
4.Buy durable products and keep them a little longer.
Cheap furniture, clothes and appliances often have short life spans.
5.Check the energy rating on major appliances you buy.
6.Read labels and buy the least toxic product available for cleaning, pest control and other jobs.
7.Put your parcels into one big sack instead of collecting several small ones.
8.Don't buy things with excess packaging: (individually wrapped cheese slices, apples on a paper tray wrapped with cellophane, etc.)
9.Buy in bulk: reduce pollution that comes from the manufacturing and disposal of many small packages.
10.Ask questions:don't buy products that are hazardous to the environment or that were manufactured at the expense of important animal habitat.
11.Buy locally grown food and locally made products when possible.
12.Don't buy products that come from endangered animals.
13.Don't keep exotic pets.
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