1. Make it convenient to recycle by placing a recycling bin near your trash can or even inside your house so you can directly place cardboard, paper and cans into them.


2. Ditch the paper napkins – use washable cloth ones instead!


3. Buy recyclable shampoo, conditioner and toothpaste containers.


4. Print on both sides of your paper.


5. Drive the speed limit to conserve gas.


6. Purchase a reusable bag for your grocery shopping instead of taking home plastic and paper bags.


7. Buy concentrated cleaners and mix them using your our bucket or container instead of buying multiple bottles.


8. Recycle your books and magazines by sharing them with friends or donating them to hospitals, dentist offices, etc.


9. Subscribe to an online newspaper instead of print newspaper. Or, recycle your print newspaper buy using it as packing material or even bedding for your pets!


10. Start your own compost. Learn how to make your own organic compost here.


11. Look for local scrap iron dealers before hauling your rusty swing sets, bicycles or other metal materials off to the city dump.


12. Make sure your water heater is thoroughly insulated. You could be cutting down nearly 20 percent of your home’s overall energy consumption.


13. Use old bed sheets and tablecloths as drop cloths for painting instead of buying tarps.


14. Old undershirts, washcloths and towels make great cleaning rags.


15. Donate your old clothing to charity or a secondhand store.


16. Create new meals with leftovers. Yesterday’s chicken roast could be today’s homemade chicken noodle soup.


17. Use real dishes and silverware instead of plastic and paper ones.


18.  Whenever possible, buy recycled products.


19. Skip the bottle water and bottle your own tap water with reusable drinking bottles.


20. Know what you can recycle. Learn here.