What You Can Do
HELP-- Help promote Recyclemania 2009! Jan 18 - March 28, 2009.
Come up with creative ideas about ways to educate about recycling and
promote recycling on campus and tell us what you are doing!
Email us at
environment@umd.edu
 REDUCE WASTE
- Reduce your consumption
- Use double-sided copying and printing
- Don't use take-out containers unless necessary
REUSE
- Use the backs of unwanted paper as scrap paper
- Use washable water bottles, mugs, plates, etc.
- Go to thrift stores
RECYCLE
- All paper and cardboard
- All bottles and cans
- Do not put paper, bottles, or cans into the trash
CONSERVE ENERGY AND WATER
- Drive less--- walk, bike, or use transit more
- Turn off lights
- Replace light bulbs with compact fluorescents
- Shut down computers
- Adjust thermostats up in summer/down in winter
- Turn off water when brushing your teeth
- Take shorter showers
- Wash clothes in full loads in cold water and clean the lint
filter of your dryer every time
PURCHASE WISELY
- Buy products made of recycled material
- Buy locally grown or manufactured
BE CAREFUL OUTDOORS
- Do not litter the earth with trash
- Do not dump waste oil or other chemicals
LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR OWN IMPACT on the
environment. Go to
www.footprintnetwork.org. At the bottom, under "Ecological Footprint" click on "Your Footprint" and take the
quiz
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