The Environmental Impact of Food Waste and How We Can Stop it

Curries, Beef burgers, Sushi, Pizzas, Cakes, Pastries, Pasta, Platters, and Tortillas all these food items everyone loves to eat have a big impact on the environment. As a community, food is central not only to our existence but also to our cultures. All of us love food. But as much as we have affection for food, we also love to throw it away. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization calculates that almost ⅓ of food produced for consumption never gets eaten globally. And in the United States, that number is even more. 40% of the U.S.’s available food supply gets wasted each year. According to a report, like buying five bags of groceries at the store and then just leaving two of them in the parking slot every time you shop. So today, we are going to look at food waste with three questions: Why is excessive food waste happening? What are its environmental consequences? And how can we fix it? If all the food that is currently getting thrown into the landfill every year was instead averted into meals for those in need, we would feed as many as 1.8 billion people who need food. On top of the list is that food waste has been estimated to be responsible for roughly 8% of global emissions worldwide. If it was a country, China and the United States ranked third for yearly greenhouse gas emissions. So, food waste is one of many problems at the crossroads of social justice and climate action. Its huge emissions footprint comes from all the energy needed to ship, process, and produce the food that ends up in the trash and from the forceful methane fumes that food emits as it decomposes slowly in landfills. But food doesn’t just grow out of the ground and then suddenly end up in the trash, there is a long chain of consumer interactions and businesses that at any point might turn up your perfectly edible food into waste. Simply put, food transforms into trash in two general areas as it travels from farm to plate: Before the point of buying and after the point of buying. The majority of food waste generated in the United States comes after the point of buying, but let’s look at food loss before that on farms and in grocery stores. One of the best ways to market food is through the illusion of profusion. People shop visually, and to most, that last piece of fruit on the shelf was left there because there was something wrong with it, not because it just happened to be the last one. To appear plentiful, grocery stores often overbuy food to tackle people into purchasing more items. So, at the grocery store and farmers' markets, vendors face an uphill battle against the old quote “Pile it high and watch it fly.” They need to create an excess of food to sell their items, but that excess can at times lead to more waste. After the point of buying, the plague of food waste continues. Indeed, household, restaurant, and foodservice waste account for 70% of the United States' annual food waste. As a consumer of food, it’s our reasonability, we have tried hard to minimize our waste, but it can be easy to cook or buy excess that ends up in the compost or trash. For a family of four, household food waste costs $1,700 annually. With the average plate size expanding by 35% since 1960 and refrigerators growing 30% in volume since 1972, it’s fascinating to buy more food just to fill up space. Overbuying, and the certain “cleaning out the refrigerator activity” that comes with it, can also be attributed to buy-one-get-one-free promotions or purchasing in bulk. Our appliances, supermarkets, and even our plates are all pushing us to buy more and more. In addition to overbuying, in the United States, there is also a serious lack of clarity when it comes to dealing with expiry dates and spoiled items. There are no federal laws regulating sell-by or expiry dates. As the consequence, labels can mean basically anything depending on where you purchase your food.

The lack of clear information regarding when a product actually goes bad means that households throw out perfectly edible food well before it expires. In short, there are marketing, labeling, psychological and cultural forces all coming to play to make food waste a major issue in the United States. Ultimately, there are many points by which food becomes waste, whether in your own home or even before it makes it onto a supermarket store shelf. But there is hope. There are many solid solutions to these problems at all levels of the supply chain. At the individual level solutions look like creating a plan to use all the food you buy or giving it to needy people and truly understand when your food has expired and then composting it instead of throwing it in the bin. You can even get involved with people who are voluntary all over the world that recover food from local restaurants, cafes, homes and stores and give it to those in need. On the supply side, solutions look like lowering food demand by eliminating buy one get one free promotion, donating food that’s not fit for marketing, or even using props and boxes to maintain the illusion of profusion without needed excess production. And on a policy level, actions like standardizing expiration dates accurately reflect the science behind food-borne diseases and illnesses. Food waste is an avoidable problem, and addressing food waste means tackling both climate change and hunger in the process. We don’t necessarily need fancy farming technologies to create more food for people who go hungry; we need to work together on every small level to more equitable distribution of resources we already have, and in doing so we not only mitigate climate change but also create healthier communities.

Covid-19, Plastic Pollution and Environment

The global pandemic (Covid-19) presented an opportunity to check on the health of the planet. Initially, there had been hoped that the slowdown in the world economy would be beneficial for the planet. As air traffic completely stopped, ships were stuck in port, and industrial pollution was completely reduced. But this pandemic has had negative consequences for the environment too. Waste piling up, disposable protective equipment, plastic packaging everywhere. The world was already going under a sea of plastic waste, but covid-19 has made the situation even worse: a face mask can stay in the environment for up to 500 years. It takes that long before they change into invisible microplastic. As environmentalists say the plastic trash levels rose by 50 percent in April and more of that trash of plastic come from food containers water bottles cups and disposable packages when the pandemic hit. In this pandemic, the number of online purchases rose by 240 percent. The wider impact of this plastic pollution on the environment is now starting to become apparent.

There are piles of garbage everywhere the problem is that plastic is very light so it easily flies up by the wind and settles down rivers where it ends up in the ocean. The plastic waste problem has gotten worse day by day. When the coronavirus outbreak began everything's got bad before this pandemic, we would start using less disposable plastic packaging but now people are purchasing even more plastic wrapped items because they are scared of getting a viral infection. Disposable single-use masks and gloves that people are now using we're seeing start to appear on our streets in our countryside on our beaches which is a real concern. You know you can't help but see plastic pollution everywhere and inevitably that's single-use throw-away plastics. We see lots of plastic bottles, masks, plastic cotton bud sticks, tissue paper and confectionery wrappers in this coronavirus pandemic. This really had an impact on the use of plastic and the types of plastics we are seeing in our environment now. Disposable plastic gloves are common in markets they are light and easily swept away. The pandemic has led to a waste crisis now even environmentally conscious people feel safer buying plastic-wrapped products. Plastic bags floating everywhere the tiny plastic particles which made plastic bag you can only see under a microscope are even more dangerous. This tiny plastic passes through the food chain through fish and ends up in our bodies too. It seems like this pandemic should serve as a reason for us to generate even more plastic waste. If we damage the environment, we also endanger our own health. We are seeing this now during the coronavirus pandemics we're not thinking ahead not conserving the environment and not treating animals like we should. It’s our responsibility to cut back on single-use plastics but these days due to the pandemic the very opposite is happening it takes some 500 years for these materials to decompose so they will be with us for generations. Some people choosing plastic packaging for their food because they think it's safer to use plastic in this pandemic crisis. But there is a danger that this pandemic is making our day-to-day lives less ecologically sustainable. Restaurants with a lot of customer mesh use more disposables now than they used to directly before the pandemic. But there's of course also another part of the story and that is we saw a lot of changes in patterns of behavior and consumption that actually move towards more sustainability. As we start with food in for example in many countries the consumption of regionally and ecologically produced food has increased during the pandemic best for the environment and for the economy too. We saw lots of changes in mobility patterns less business travel less commuting to work more house office some of those probably will be maintained after the pandemic and of course due to lockdowns which is not a positive thing for the economy and the humans but consumption and production went down and therefore also energy use and raw material use and therefore stress on the environment went down. So overall it's more the opposite that we didn't see patterns change in a way that is environmentally more destructive although disposables are probably one point so that's in terms of individual behavior but globally can we say that this pandemic has been good or bad for the environment. So, we have seen lots of plastic go into our oceans we are seeing a much less resilient ocean so animals and wildlife being impacted habitats and ecosystems being impacted and that makes it less resilient and able to withstand the shocks of climate change so it's all interconnected. The biggest concern is that the plastics industry can sort of getting itself off the hook of the action that we have been working so hard to deliver so the action on plastic bottles or on straws the sort of interventions is legislative at a systems-level that can stop plastic pollution from ending up in our ocean in the first place so our oceans are absorbing millions of tons of plastic every year. We really need a whole new approach to how we are packaging things a whole new approach to a single-use culture. We need to be much more of the reuse, reduce and refill mindset and we need to make sure that the plastics industry is fully accountable for the sort of packaging they are producing and stopping it from ending up in the ocean. It is really important during this global pandemic crisis that where people now have to wear masks, they think reusable rather than single-use when it comes down to masks and of course, instead of wearing gloves the advice should be just washing your hands regularly and we need to curb this throwaway mindset that we have within society. Protecting the environment should be the priority but experts worry the pandemic and its economic impact may push environmental pollution issues off the agenda.

Tips for Zero-Waste lifestyle

 I have always liked the philosophy that we have not inherited this planet from our ancestors we're only borrowing it from future generations so we wanted to make sure that our impact was sustainable for our future and our kid's future as well. This article is for beginners who are looking to urge into the zero-waste lifestyle, and it’s for anyone who wants to be more conscious of their ecological footprint. Anyone can start using this now, and you will truly make an impact on the environment. Here are different ways to live with less waste. First, it's important to know the 5 R's of waste management: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, and rot, in that order. We shall start with refuse. Refusing is the first rule to live a zero-waste lifestyle. Think before accepting any shuffle into your home. Reduce junk mail, party favors, freebies and any other junk that will most likely go into the trash. Each year, Americans discard 100 billion plastic grocery bags which take about a thousand years to break down. Instead of using plastic bags and creating more demand for them, use reusable cloth bags or even no bag, whenever possible for you. I used to think it was mandatory to use plastic bags for your grocery, but recently I discovered you can just use your own bag or even no bag, which is even good because why bring home extra plastic? You could also bring your own glass jars to grocery stores to avoid bringing home any unnecessary plastic containers. I really like when grocery stores sell things in bulk so that it’s really easy to do some zero-waste shopping. You can either weigh your jars at the front in advance or bring an additional of the same jar so you can weigh it at checkout. Next, rather than using a one-time disposable plastic straw, you can either say no to the straw completely or use a steel and acrylic straw instead. I personally like to drink my drinks and juices with a straw, so I have a steel straw for that specific purpose. Instead of using a plastic cling cover in your kitchen to freeze your food and leftovers, switch to use reusable and sustainable food wrap. These are all-natural, organic, and compostable. I believe they are produced out of beeswax, and these wraps actually do a really good job at keeping your food fresh and healthy, even better than plastic wraps. Instead of purchasing disposable plastic water bottles, go for a reusable water bottle that you can fill up again and again. Steel and glass are probably the best choices for your water bottle. So, if you have them already, reuse what you can, if you discard your plastic bottle and buy a new one, this will put pressure on the environment for producing more items. Do your best to avoid using disposable kitchenware, whenever you go to a picnic, you can bring silverware from home or use portable utensils made out of bamboo or stainless steel.

Over 4.7 billion toothbrushes that are made of plastic will never biodegrade and are dumped in landfills and oceans each year. So, you can just switch out your plastic toothbrush for a sustainable bamboo toothbrush. Considering all the plastic toothbrushes that you use in one lifetime. And imagine avoiding that plastic waste completely, just by switching to something biodegradable and compostable. I am a huge tea lover and I have always opted to choose loose tea leaves or tea powder instead of tea bags as they always contain plastic lining which makes it wasteful and makes sure to use a steel strainer instead of the plastic ones as plastic isn't good to use with anything hot. I love the environment but I also love skincare and makeup and my favorite thing is to swap in my skincare routine instead of using cotton pads and makeup wipes I use a face scrubber. I use it with my oil cleanser which does an amazing job of exfoliating and breaking up all of my makeup and sunscreen. It is also super easy to clean and it is antimicrobial so you don’t need to worry about it getting dirty and greasy. I also use it with my regular facial cleanser which feels amazing like little hands deep cleaning your skin and this product is great because it's 100 recycle able so I totally recommend switching to something like this instead of single-use products Lastly, reduce the amount of paper you bring into your house by switching to paperless whenever possible. Do this with your mail, your notes, your books and bills. I personally love reading eBooks on my iPad, but I know some people love traditional books, so just do whatever works well for you. I hope you people liked these ideas on how to live with less waste. I just want to remind you though: Just take it one step at a time. Just don't be so hard on yourself. It's a journey. All the things that matter is that you're becoming conscious of the environment, more aware of the environment and you're doing your best for the environment. Everyone's journey is different. I'm not perfect and I'm totally not zero waste yet. But I think the first step is awareness about your environment. And then after that, you'll start to reduce your waste little by little. So, let's create a non-judgmental, warming space where we can just open up the discussion around reducing our waste. And let's not judge others who are not aware of this lifestyle. The best thing you can do is just be a living example of what you want to see in the world, and let your actions speak louder than your words. It all begins with awareness and let this awareness flow into your actions, and then others will see what you're doing and then they will be inspired to follow along. Alright, that's it! we can do it all as a community to reduce our waste and a better planet will leave behind for our future generations.

How To Host an Eco-Friendly Party in this Pandemic

All of us love celebrating parties that are typically made of disposable, one-time-use plastic items. All decoration is designed for quick and easy clean-up, especially when hosting large parties, such as disposable plates and cups, straws, balloons, etc.

Everyone likes throwing parties that put friends and families together for some quality time. However, there are some environmentally friendly choices to throw parties that lessen the impact on the environment.

Planning for your guest' enjoyment will place a lot of pressure on the environment and create a lot of waste. In this article, we can learn how to reduce the amount of waste you produce by making some adjustments. It's a perfect way to raise environmental consciousness and inspire others. A few ideas to consider; aim to produce as little waste as possible, reuse, reduce and recycle wherever possible.

The first step is an invitation, go for the paperless invitation. A super convenient method is a phone call email or message directly to your guest list. One of the efficient ways of inviting your guests.

The next step is the use of biodegradable tableware - Cutlery, glass, bowls, plastic cups and straws. It's one of the most dangerous leftovers, and none of it can be recycled or composted. Using an eco-friendly product is a perfect way to have a sustainable green party. Using plates and glass made from plant-based materials like bamboo pulp and sugarcane is one of the best options.

Another step is responsible cooking - Food preparation for a large number of people will also result in a lot of waste. Be sure to plan the meal first and then buy those items you'll need for the cooking. Have a few meals rather than an elaborate spread, whether you're cooking at home or buying food from the market. Always keep in mind that many people that are conscious about the environment follow a vegetarian diet while you make the menu. At least one dish should be free of the meal. Make a lot of Vegan dishes with a lot of flavors that will please all of your guests. Inform your guests that you are planning an eco-friendly party and your aim of reducing waste to the very minimum.

When we think about reusable decor - Balloons, plastic bubbles, and other popular party decorations come to mind. These are all single-use items that are often made from plastic and increase the trash. This year, you can go green by using natural decor ideas to decorate your party and home and give your party a classic new look.  Fabric buntings, candles, terracotta lights, greenery and other decorations could also be used. Fruits, dried leaves, and new flowers create lovely table centerpieces. DIY, such as upcycling old jars, cans and bottles and making table pieces with flowers from your backyard. Candles and string lights are a wonderful way to brighten up your home while still eliminating the utilization of unhealthy air fresheners. The use of eco-friendly home items is a wonderful way to encourage your guests for an eco-friendly lifestyle.

Avoiding gift wraps you are faced with a bulk of lovely, gleaming trash that can't be reused. It gets far more eco-friendly when it comes to gift wrapping ideas; you can pack your gifts in newspaper or brown paper. Another alternative option you have is to presents in cloth bags, which can be reused.

Opting for local drinks: When it comes to drinks, a little prep and smart shopping will assist you to reduce the environmental effects. You should use local and seasonal fruit ingredients when serving cocktails. If you are going to serve soda, aluminum cans are the best choice because they are easier to recycle than plastic cups or glass. You will also serve water to your visitors in old wine or beverage glass bottles.

Since not everybody is as environmentally conscious as you are, it is important that you simply educate your visitors on the day of your party about how they can help you accomplish your goal of arranging a green celebration. Inform the guests about biodegradable wet and dry waste, as well as paper and plastic waste, are separated in the bins. Additionally, the use of eco-friendly bags is another effective way. This keeps them involved within the group and helps them realize the importance of their participation in the party.

Parking spot is also a challenge for visitors, you should allow the visitors to arrive at the venue using more friendly means of transportation, such as taking public transportation or carpooling. As a result, they reduce the amount of fuel used bringing you closer to your green party target.

If you are going to host a party in this pandemic, you need to do it outdoor and in a spacious place. Mark six feet distance. And everyone should wear a mask remembering wearing a mask not only protects you but also protects your loved one from the virus. And remember the major cause of covid-19 is private parties. It is very important to remember that proper mask-wearing, hand hygiene and 6 feet physical distancing remain the best precautions against infection. Nobody wants to infect their family so it's everybody duty to follow all the SOP.

International Political Economy and the Environment

 Talking about the International political economy will start with a target on international forms of inequality and the types of unscrupulous relationships that exist between countries. Since we're thinking about the environment, we're going to kind of just spell out how those forms of exploitation result in a host of injustice and inequities, both environmentally and economically, but also as well as, socially. We live in a very highly laminated world economy with core countries at the middle of things, enjoying the highest quality of life, not to mention quantity, if we look at demographic factors: that's where the life expectancy is greatest. On the opposite end of the spectrum, are the peripheral countries, which are the poorest. In many cases life expectancy flitter around 49-50 years old for these countries, so they're delayed far behind on several indicators. Environmental problems are no exception. The main countries enjoy high levels of consumption of an extensive range of materials and, oftentimes, production of those goods, or the by-products of that production, are experienced in the peripheral or the semi-peripheral countries--which are somewhere in the middle of the core and peripheral countries in the scheme of things The question is, how can unequal exchange between core, peripheral, and semi-peripheral nations be halted? That's one of the core questions, to bring about some form of social justice and sustainability. So just briefly, thinking about definitions, a "core nation" involves maintaining a diverse economy and a heavy trade of imports and exports. The vast majority of exports tend to be higher-end consumer goods, and imports tend to be natural resources or lower-order kind of manufacturing products. Peripheral nations are the poorest as mentioned, tend to be highly agricultural or suffer from the resource curse as it's been called--this kind of narrow export economy develops and these nations depend very heavily on the export of a narrow range of exports. semi-peripheral nations have features of that sometimes, but they also can look like core countries, in that they often are the host of different types of manufacturing but usually not the higher-order, high-cost manufacturing goods. The core countries exporting high-profit consumer goods, importing cheap labor and raw materials; semi-peripheral countries having somewhat of a mixture of those characteristics; peripheral countries of course are importing the high-profit goods and they're exporting the cheap labor and materials, which is a very disadvantageous location in the world system.

At the heart of the world economy, and now this gets us a little past the initial thinking of world Systems theory, incorporates some contemporary thought particularly with the rising role of multinational corporations’ heart of things, facilitating global trade. Now it's corporations that have replaced the nation-state in this kind of quest to find new markets, new resources, new workers, and so forth. Multinational corporations are, of course, guided by a desire to make a profit, and do so in a highly competitive context. Those that are not profitable tend to perish, and those that are tend to continue. So, you know, multinational corporations will sort of shop around looking for the best place to do business due to their desire to maximize profits. That of course means cutting corners where it's possible, externalizing costs to the environment, paying the minimal amount for labor because that's going to maximize profits. Usually, they can find a willing partner: a peripheral or semi-peripheral nation that's willing to provide what multinationals are looking for. Because this is a competitive global economy many nations are almost blackmailed into accepting rather poor business practices and there's almost no oversight. This is one of the interesting things about the world system, the world economy, is that global corporations, multinational, transnational corporations-they don't really have anybody to answer to. There is no international governing body that they have to follow some kind of international laws. we've looked at elsewhere, also focused on environmental outcomes but with similar claims about how the economy works under capitalism, and the way corporations are caught up in this competitive game to out-compete one another and find the cheapest path the profit at the expense of labor and the environment. We see the global economy does increase the distance between consumption and production and that's something else that separates contemporary world economic dynamics from older forms which were somewhat more localized--not entirely, the colonial system of course had global dimensions but the day-to-day production and consumption of goods were much more localized under colonialism and of course before colonialism. One model for regulating multinational corporations is to have a higher level of global governance. That means maybe using existing frameworks such as the United Nations which is a league of countries that negotiate with one another but the United Nations is not itself truly a governmental body and it doesn't regulate corporations and regulate countries. The United Nations does not directly challenge multinational corporations, it certainly doesn't challenge the underlying global capitalist system, profit motive and generally believes that good economic decisions will be green, making the ideology of the UN more consistent with an ecological modernization paradigm. There's also the World Trade Organization, which does regulate multinational corporations, but this is not a governmental body either. It's in fact a private tribunal where decisions are made behind closed doors. There's no Democratic input whatsoever. So, there's really not much concern with anything besides economic justice between the different participatory nations and companies. What these can do, is they can provide even poor countries with a certain amount of assistance and support, they can provide resources, expertise, and they can help countries fight out their environmental battles, or their labor battles as the case may be. This is driven at first by grassroots actions within the peripheral or semi-peripheral nations but eventually evolves into some kind of institutional form. That is how we know social movements are succeeding. As we've seen with the environmental movement, that's has been the case to a large degree, and there are several organizations out there. So, the key question is: can we govern the world? We have this race to the bottom, so to speak, multinational corporations racing each other to find the cheapest resources and labor, cutting corners as much as possible to increase profits, so that shareholders are happy and continue to hold on to their shares of the companies, and so forth. The greatest resistance coming from grassroots social movements, which are global and scale, and international organizations that they have created, and in fact, interact with and rely upon it. They of course want to change the global governance structure and ultimately the rules of the global economy, to hold all factors more accountable. The question here is can progress be made without radical changes to global structure? Once again, I think that brings us back to the fundamental difference between an ecological modernization paradigm and ideas associated with the global political-economic perspective. All this discussion of the global political economy really needs to be put in perspective by thinking about the extent to which there are global injustices and global inequalities.

11 Green Industries with Amazing Environmental Initiatives

 Salesforce

Salesforce, a CRM company has three types of environments. Production Environmental unit, Development Environmental unit and Testing Environmental unit. Production environmental unit: store the live data that is actively used to run your business. Development Environmental unit: It is where you can extend, integrate and develop on force without affecting your production environments. Testing Environmental unit: Production or Development Environments specifically used for testing application functionality before setting out to production.

Salesforce company corporate commitments to help attain a climate turning point by 2020.

Nike

Reducing environmental impact is a goal of Nike’s production process, and it can be seen in the stack of the latest releases in footwear and apparel. They are applying the upcycling approach, taking the old product and grinding it up to be used in new pants, jackets, and shoes is just one of many ways that Nike helps close the circle and fight climate change. 

Apple

One of Apple's biggest titles in the last couple of years is that it now runs on 100% renewable energy. According to Apple’s most recent environmental impact report, approximately 66% of that renewable energy comes from projects owned by Apple, like their massive solar roof. The other 34%, however, is a mix of direct purchasing from renewable services and buying renewable energy certificates. In the future, they are providing a leader in the tech field when it comes to renewable energy and sustainability.

 Burt’s Bees

The company focuses on three main fields — lowering its impact on climate change, preserving precious resources and using more safer materials in products and processes. Their iconic honeybee logo shows the makeup company’s commitment to the environment. Its 2018 Sustainability Goals revised also apply to its parent corporation, The Clorox Company.

Disney

As far as sustainable companies go, Disney is huge. It uses zero net greenhouse gas emission policies in all of its facilities. They are currently building two ships that will use over 80 thousand lights and all of these lights will be fluorescent or LED to cut down on the number of emissions. The emission of greenhouse gases will be reduced by over twenty-five percent in these new ships compared to the current ships that are in the water today overall the company has reduced their emissions by 44% in 2018 and they'll hit 50 percent by 2020. They also used alternative fuels to reduce their impact on the environment.

Starbucks

Transforming an old Starbucks cup into a new Starbucks cup, it's not a magic trick. There's a systematic and scientific method behind turning paper waste into the food-grade fiber, into new products and reusable possibilities. That means you drink your Starbucks coffee from a cup made with a fiber that was manufactured using a prior Starbucks cup. This iconic Starbucks cup holds more than just well-crafted coffee. It holds the potential of how powerful post-consumer recycling can be. However, Starbucks is developing an environment friendly container to double the cups’ recycled content and reusability by 2020.

Dell

Dell first started its traditions of Good Plan in 2013 to use technology to drive human progress and advance health, happiness and prosperity. In 2020, Dell’s tradition of Good Plan looks at its long-term commitment to society, its team members, and the environment.

Honda

Equalizing cars with sustainability don’t always compute with some consumers, but Honda is changing the narrative and becoming a sustainable company. Honda has a goal to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% from the automobiles, motorcycle and power products it produces when comparing levels from 2000 to 2020.

 IKEA

Although IKEA is known for less-expensive furniture and DIY. This green company has new items that help people cut their electricity and water use, such as a tap nozzle. IKEA has also introduced environment friendly materials into the production process, which will lower costs and help the environment.

The North Force

The North Face produces a wide range of clothing lines from streetwear and t-shirts to full-body snowsuits that look like wearable sleeping bags. The North Face’s environmental reach is through its manufacturing and production processes.

Patagonia

Patagonia an apparel company. People have long known Patagonia as an influencer and environmentally conscious company focused on conservation. It’s one of the largest funders of environmentalist causes, and it gives 1% of all sales to ecological grants and organizations. Plus, Patagonia encourages its customer for repairing old clothes for free. Meaning you won't have to throw it away or buy a new one. But if companies that produce things, we need are more like them, we will be in a far better zone. Customers buy and sell their worn clothes, and it even repairs used clothing so other consumers can wear it.

Sustainable Lifestyle to Make Huge Impact on Environment

 Sustainable things that you can do to make a huge impact on the environment. We're talking climate change guide to sustainable living and zero waste living. First of all, zero-waste living is the term that most people searched for a lot but it's not something to think that in the next two to three months you will be a completely zero-waste expert. So first to keep in mind that being zero waste is not the most important thing but tackling your personal waste footprint is the most tangible thing you can do when you want to live more sustainably, reducing your packaging, reducing the amount of stuff you're sending to landfill is the best place to start but to get a real handle on what you're wasting the first thing to do is a trash audit. This is basically where you take a day worth of trash or however long it takes you to fill up your trash bin and at the end of that period of time you go through it and see what you're throwing away. So, for example, maybe you're throwing coffee grounds in your trash and you realize that you could start some form of compost. So, a trash audit is the most tangible visible thing that you can do. Over to an eco-friendly lifestyle, it was about less packaging and more about consumerism because every single thing we buy has a footprint on the environment something's made of cotton a lot of resources go into growing that cotton. The greenhouse gas emissions it takes to manufacture or process all things that we buy have a massive footprint on the environment.  Also, educate yourself by staying informed in politics and in the news and watching documentaries that can help you on your sustainability journey. Try to spend plastic-free life, one thing to keep in mind we as a beginner is not to throw away any of the stuff that we already have.  Our toothpaste, our deodorant, our shampoo, conditioner, body wash all have plastic in them. plastic is everywhere which is true and it can be really tempting to just throw all those things out to get your reusable version for those things or your plastic-free version and move on with your life but it's not the sustainable thing to do. If you already have a product and you're not going to be repurchasing it, therefore, creating the demand for more of those items to be made there's no use in throwing it away. In our food intake, we should start thinking about and incorporating more plant-based proteins into our life and less animal-based proteins for the planet's sake.

We've talked a lot about reducing right those three r's principles: reduce, reuse and recycle. Pretty much what we've gone over so far is to reduce then let's talk about reusing not throwing things away and instead of finding a creative and useful way to reuse things is really good to do and this can become overwhelming in the beginning. There are different ways to reuse things in your home if you just stop and think about it pencil holders’, used food can all sorts of things we're using toilet paper rolls to sprout seeds. There are so many ways you can implement reuse and it's a kind of easier. The next step is obviously recycling and the most sustainable option always relying on recycling to be a solution is not an indefinitely sustainable process obviously, recycling is more sustainable than sending something straight to the landfill because we are recovering those materials through recycling but especially when we talk about plastic can only be recycled a few times before it loses its integrity and cannot be remade into something. Reduce, reuse and recycle are in that order for a reason because recycling is sustainable but not the most sustainable option if you do have recycling. It is important to know what is and is not recyclable in your particular area if the processing plant that you are sending that material to is unable to process it's going to end up in a landfill anyway and that may seem like not a big deal. When plants receive big groups of recycling and a lot of it is unrecyclable unable to be recovered, they often times send that entire batch to the landfill so you putting things in your recycling that is not recyclable could be resulting in things that are recyclable going to landfill. Once you figure out what isn’t recyclable in your city then you can also figure out if there are drop-off locations for the things that are not recyclable in your takeout service and your curbside doesn't accept thin plastic recycling. Check your local grocery stores sometimes they have drop-offs at the front where you can recycle thin plastics. A huge portion of food is thrown out before it even makes it to us to be exact and just think about how many times you've bought something from the grocery store and it went bad so you threw it out. it's also really bad that we're throwing food scraps in landfills for several reasons number one because if we're putting a usable food scrap into the landfill, we can't then recover it to make really important soil. After all, our soil is losing a lot of biodiversities a lot of nutrients and landfills things do not compost to something you need sunlight water and air three things that food scraps do not get in a landfill. When food breaks down improperly the way it does in the landfill, methane gas is released, which is a much more powerful gas than carbon dioxide awful thing for the planet and the ecology overall. Bought a composting bin, specially design for your home and throw your food waste in it. These are the simplest things we can do for the betterment of our planet. So, don’t waste your energy and time and do something good for this plant. We cannot do all the good that the world needs but the world needs all the good that we can do.

Why is IKEA so cheap? Are they actually environmentally sustainable?

Whatever you want, a chair, book, sofa, bed even a pillowcase they probably have it. Although, some assembly is required. Ikea, the yellow and blue furniture mammoth from Sweden has quickly become a mainstay in many households. Through their alternative approach to interior design, which super cheap prices and a do-it-yourself attitude, Ikea made roughly 42.7 billion dollars in revenue during the 2018 economic year. When you walk through one of Ikea’s showrooms, however, it’s hard to understand how they’re able to make that much money. But Ikea’s low-price points and glossy designs are part of the reason why so many customers continue to brood to their big-box collection. So, simple to understand why IKEA is so cheap, and in addition to that, whether their low prices mean a weak commitment to mitigating their environmental impact. The story of IKEA’s cheap prices can be tied back to the mindset of its recently deceased owner: Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad was a greatly cost-conscious man. According to a research article, he still drove an old Volvo and recycled tea bags despite his huge amount of wealth. He defends the idea of “lista” or “making do,” both in his own life but also in the basic values of the Ikea empire. Essentially, IKEA seeks to produce low-cost, essential and utilitarian solutions for daily life. And it does that in several ways. Similar to stores like Costco, IKEA leverages buying a huge amount of material to drive the price to decline All of those materials are “flat-packed” so that the maximum number of items can be shipped and stored in one place. On top of the list, they shift the assembly part of furniture onto the buyer, which means they avoid a huge amount of cost on the manufacturing end. They push the effort and time needed to construct furniture onto people eager to buy their stuff. So, the key to IKEA’s cheap products is a knowledge of where and how to cut corners, whether that’s in the manufacturing step, shipping step, or up to the point of sale. In the search for better margins and more profits, for example, Ikea has been blamed heavily for avoiding conceivably billions of euros in taxes by funneling cash through a web of subsidiaries and sub-companies. But does Ikea have the same disfavor for their environmental initiatives? In some cases, Ikea’s low prices are thanks to the cost-saving effects of the business's new environmental initiatives, but alongside these highly publicized sustainability efforts lie some questionable practices that leave much to be desired. Let’s start with the good. Ikea has made overwhelming headway on the renewable energy front. According to their 2018 sustainability report, Ikea has installed over 900,000 solar panels across its showrooms and warehouses and owns and operates 441 wind turbines all in the pursuit of becoming energy independent by 2020. This is certainly admirable considering there are 424 Ikea stores worldwide that require a massive amount of fuel and energy to run. Alongside this rapid transition to renewable energy, Ikea committed to slowdown emissions for all home deliveries by 2025, which means a fully electric home transportation fleet within the next five to six years.

At the top of the list, Ikea wants to reach a circular waste model by 2030. With the single-use of plastics elimination in the store combined with the use of recycled materials in their products, like their KUNGSBACKA line which uses recycled wood and plastic to create kitchen cabinets, Ikea has set out to reconsider their relationship with waste. So, in terms of climate change goals and ambitions, Ikea is doing better than most of the other big-named brands in the field. But, there’s always a back to the coin. We shouldn’t just applaud Ikea for doing something everyone else should already be doing. It’s our job as consumers and to consider the consequences of a brand that decides on a shockingly low price for their furniture and then challenges the design team and supplier to meet that price at whatever the amount. In fact, according to Ikea, the carbon footprint of the company grew from 23.3 million tonnes of CO2 in 2016 to 24.6 million tonnes of CO2 in 2018, which is roughly 1.2 million tonnes more CO2 in just 2 years. Even though they installed hundreds of thousands of solar panels on their showroom roofs, they’re still a growing company. And in terms of materials, Ikea consumes 1% of the world's logged wood for their furniture. For just one company that is truly a huge amount. According to the company, they seek to plant more trees than they consume, stating that in the 2018 economic year they logged 700,000 trees and planted 3.6 million trees. But Ikea’s track record when it comes to which trees its forestry subsidiary wood cuts down hasn’t been perfect. In short, Ikea is doing good, but there are also negative ramifications to the growth mindset of this massive fast-furniture company. So, as we look towards Ikea’s lower cost, we can understand a couple of things. Its “cheapness” is the product of streamlined marketing and sales, strong control of their supply chain, some unique approaches like flat-packing and DIY assembling, as well as a little help from cheap renewable energy. That being said, there is also a tension between the cheap first, everything else second mentality that seems to ooze from all things Ikea and their environmental practices. They’ve made an approach to crafting more durable furniture, but Ikea is a business. Mass consumption of their furniture is their reason to exist. The more you buy, the better they do, but at the same time, the better they do, the higher the environmental cost. Ikea is ultimately interested in sustainability because that’s what customers want and it’s good for business. So, the next time you’re consuming on those classic Ikea Swedish meatballs, look around; appreciate the fact that Ikea has made itself into a strong leader in sustainability for big companies, but also understand that buying Ikea will never “save the planet” or help mitigate climate change. Buying that Tarva bed frame is certainly less bad than other options, but searching for a different bed frame in a local antique or second-hand furniture store is the better option for the environment.

Eco-Friendly Makeup Brands

 In the world of makeup, there is so much choice for customers. One thing that you should look for is a brand that is conscious of the environment. Environmental sustainability has been a huge topic and needs to apply in every single industry. Skincare is an industry that creates so much waste specifically because it deals with a lot of little items that are replenishable every three months so the amount of waste that even just one person creates by having a skincare routine is massive which is why we need to start supporting brands that adopt a sustainable philosophy. So that we can reduce our impact on the environment as much as we possibly can. Environmentally friendly and sustainable have become terms that are used quite frequently but to understand the complexity behind these terms for a brand to be sustainable it's very difficult. We identify which brands are going out of their way to be as environmentally friendly as possible and in addition, no brand will be perfect, certain brands adopt certain sustainable principles that others have not yet but support that just an idea you know. So, many times is when a brand does make a positive movement in the direction of sustainability, you'll find a hundred people ready to call out every single tiny little way that they are not sustainable. Always support brands moving in a positive direction when it comes to sustainability and ethics. Environmentally friendly is that they should be cruelty-free and their packaging should be recyclable. So here is some sustainable skincare brand.

L’Oréal they've been able to do a lot more selfless work which we respect and they're very transparent about where they source their ingredients how they do it to minimize slave labor and unsustainable sourcing as much as possible. They have provided in-store recycling programs you can bring any of your recyclable cosmetics to their stores and using the TerraCycle program (free recycling program collects and recycle every kind of waste) you can just drop off all of your products there and they will recycle them for you. This is amazing because everything is done with intention and transparency which is something so hard to find but so critical when it comes to ensuring sustainability and ethics.

Kinship is a new skincare brand that focuses on very clean products but what their packaging they do use plastic packaging however it is made of 100% recycled material that they gather from the ocean around the world together with all the plastic together melted down into pellets that are used to create their incredible packaging. They've removed 1.5 tons worth of trash from the ocean but here's the last thing that so cool not only they gather their trash to use to make their packaging on the back of each product you'll find a QR code that you can scan and it will show you the exact location where the trash used to make your packaging this is so cool innovative. This is the type of technology and thinking that we need for the future so obviously, you should buy a few items from their websites like the super mellow cream and the sunscreen and see how they work especially because they are free of essential oils in those products.

Last Lush Cosmetics, from an ethical and sustainable standpoint this brand is doing everything right they offer products like their shampoo bars and hair masks that are completely free of packaging. If they do have the packaging, they have a recycling program that you can trade your packaging in for to get a discount they're very transparent about whether they source their ingredients from and the slave labor potentially used within their production cycle.

No matter from which brand you buy always read labels of cosmetics or skincare products you wish to purchase. Always purchase organic and eco-friendly products for your skin and products that are made for your skin type. Read the return policy. You want to be able to return the unused items if it doesn’t work for you especially if you paid a considerable amount of money.

What Is the Impact of Using Eco-Friendly Products on The Environment?

 An environmentally sustainable product is less detrimental to the environment than its conventional contributor.

More consumers purchasing eco-friendly products will reduce greenhouse emissions, give chance to our planet to breathe and restore, and make our houses and towns safe in the long run. Switching towards Eco-friendly home products has a greater impact on the environment.

Instead of using plastic bottles glass or stainless stain bottles can be used. The benefits of using a glass and stainless-steel water bottle over a plastic one are various. One is, stainless steel is recyclable also doesn't produce a foul odor after a few uses, these bottles are corrosion resistant, and won't leach harmful chemicals when exposed to sun or heat. You don't have to be worried about BPA leaking into the liquids. Glass bottle is also an option when choosing bottles. a Glass bottle also doesn’t leach when exposed to heat and sun. But plastic bottles are cheaper to produce but when plastic bottles end up in landfills it takes 700 years to decompose. The plastic bottle is not an eco-friendly product to use.

Over the row of a year, a person is expected to consume over 20,000 toilet papers, resulting in a significant number of trees cutting and water being lost. And many people avoid using recycled toilet paper because they think it is made from used toilet paper. Recycled toilet tissue is manufactured from recycled paper obtained from various recycling schemes, indicate that the paper has not yet reached the end of its useful life cycle.

Carry a reusable bag with you if you go to the mall and grocery store. It would be beneficial to the environment. One of humanity's ever-rising concerns is plastic bag waste. The United States uses over 100 billion plastic bags every day, with an average of 300 bags per person or 1,500 bags per home, and only 1% to 3% of these are recycled. Bags that are not recyclable become waste because they don’t biodegradable. One trillion plastic bags are used around the world, per year. Producing a plastic bag is bad for the environment, and discarding and not recycling a plastic bag is often bad for the environment. Any plastic bags will last 100 years in the environment. Furthermore, plastic bags kill about 100 aquatic species per year, because a plastic bag is used for just 10-15 minutes on average before being discarded. As a result, we must reduce our use of plastic bags. Consider the environmental effect of such a popular thing, considering its ease, if you are given a plastic bag.

When it’s come to sustainability paper bags have advantages over plastic bags. Paper bags are easy to recycle because they are biodegradable. But the paper bag is very resource-heavy to produce than a plastic bag.

You should still use an organic cotton bag instead of disposable bags. If you take care of your reusable shopping bag made of recycled products, it will keep you eco-friendly for a longer period. Furthermore, a reusable shopping bag is simple to disinfect, 100% compostable and recyclable, and can replace hundreds of plastic bags throughout its life. Cotton bags have recently been blamed for being more harmful to the atmosphere than plastic bags. Critics, on the other hand, failed to consider the long-term environmental impacts of a disposable bag – a plastic grocery bag that takes 100s of years to biodegrade. Researchers compared the amount of energy used to produce a reusable cotton bag to a plastic bag. Organic cotton is undeniably the winner in the long term. The simple advice to everyone, whatever bag you have in your house pile of cotton bags or plastic bags doesn’t throw them out. Keep using all of them until they fall apart. Overall, reusing a bag as many times as you can reduce its impact on the atmosphere.

When it comes to eco-friendly items, you can't go wrong. They're more durable, reusable, less dangerous, use fewer resources, and are safer for the species in the atmosphere. Furthermore, using eco-friendly items can help to maintain not just the environment and the health and well-being of your loved one.

Simplest Ways to Prevent Indoor Air Pollution

 Some people are conscious of outdoor air pollution, which urges them to use masks when they go out in the real world. It is good that there is awareness about air pollution. Optimistically, that attention also reaches out to indoor air pollution. Pollutants are not limited to the outside where vehicle fumes and dust and other toxins abound. Pollutants are also present indoor.

Indoor air pollutants are not seen easily but can be smelled sometimes. Indoor air pollution in truth is becoming a worldwide problem. It comes from different kinds of things you have at your home like chemical products used in cleaning or beauty products like hair spray. Indoor air pollutants can also come from paints, pots, carpets, craft and art products, and even pets.

 Ban Cigarette Smoke

Experts say that one of the most common and dangerous indoor air pollutants is cigarette smoke. This is just another reason to give up smoking altogether. First of all, people already know that smoking is harmful to a person’s health and the people inhaling second-hand smoke. But after a person finishes a cigarette, the smoke continues to leave behind pollutants. There are residual tiny gas particles in cigarette smoke, and they can settle in fabrics like curtains and carpets or your couch. It is mostly the children that severely suffer from this because they are usually on the ground, playing on the carpet. Experts call this phenomenon third-hand smoke. The electronic cigarette is also a source of pollution contain heavy metal and VOC linked to a lung problem.

Switch to natural household cleanser

Disinfectants and household cleaners use harsh chemicals in order to be competent. This is why most of the cleaners have the ability to remove stains and dirt in just one wash. But that kind of facility will also cost you good air quality. Household cleaners and disinfectants are among the more common causes of indoor pollution. The fumes from ingredients in these products can irritate your mouth and nose, as well as cause problems for the lungs and heart. Some could also burn the skin.

Don’t use carpet

If it is possible for you, then don’t use carpets. These can look really good at home and will allow you to walk the house barefoot, but pollutants easily stick on to any kind of textile. However, if you have a child and it is necessary to have a carpet to minimize the traumatic effects of stumbling or falls, then you just need to make sure you clean the carpet regularly. The same goes for curtains. Also, wash your bedsheets and curtains regularly—like every week.

 Don’t walk around the home with your shoes on

Make sure you have a shoe stand at the side of your house door so anybody who comes in and can leave their shoes on it. Dirt that comes from outside should not enter your home. We have enough pollutants to battle indoors.

 Minimize air fresheners and scented candles

Air fresheners and scented candles have pollutants. Both of these have chemicals in them to make the house smell better. Air fresheners are known to have formaldehyde and phthalates, which are harmful chemicals for health. Candles are usually paraffin-based and emit toluene and benzene, which are also pollutants and igneous to health.

Conclusion

When people in the same house are getting sick at the same time, this is already an alarming situation that indoor air quality is poor. The environment is currently in a serious situation. It needs protection because we have a wonderful planet. In order to take care of it, we first have to take care of our house.

A Brief History about Plastic

 Today, plastics are everywhere. All of this plastic originated from one small object—that isn’t even made from plastic. For hundreds of years, billiard balls were made from ivory from elephant tusks. But when excessive hunting caused elephant populations to decrease within the 19th century, ball makers began to seem for alternatives, offering huge rewards. So in 1863, an American named Wesley Hyatt took up the challenge. Over subsequent five years, he invented a replacement material called celluloid, made up of cellulose, a compound found in wood and straw. Hyatt soon discovered celluloid couldn’t solve the ball problem the material wasn’t heavy enough and didn’t bounce quite right. But it might be tinted and patterned to mimic costlier materials like coral, tortoiseshell, amber, and mother-of-pearl. He had created what became referred to as the primary plastic. The word ‘plastic’ can describe any material made from polymers, which are just large molecules consisting of an equivalent repeating subunit. This includes all human-made plastics, also as many of the materials found in living things. But generally, when people ask about plastics, they’re of synthetic materials. The unifying feature of this synthetic material is that they begin out soft and malleable and may be molded into a specific shape. Despite taking the prize because the first official plastic, celluloid was highly flammable, which made production risky. So inventors began to search for alternatives. In 1907 a chemist combined phenol a waste of coal tar and formaldehyde, creating a hardy new polymer called bakelite. Bakelite was much less flammable than celluloid and therefore the raw materials that were used to make it were more readily available. Bakelite was only the start.

In the 1920s, researchers first commercially developed polystyrene, a spongy plastic utilized in insulation. Soon after came PVC, or vinyl, which was flexible yet hardy. Acrylics created transparent, shatter-proof panels that mimicked glass. And within the 1930s nylon took center stage a polymer designed to mimic silk but with repeatedly its strength. Starting in 1933, polyethylene became one of the foremost versatile plastics, still used today to form everything from grocery bags to shampoo bottles, to bulletproof vests. New manufacturing technologies accompanied this explosion of materials. The invention of a way called injection molding made it possible to insert melted plastics into molds of any shape, where they might rapidly harden. This created possibilities for products in new varieties and shapes— and how to inexpensively and rapidly produce plastics at scale. Scientists hoped this economical new material would make items that when had been unaffordable accessible to more people.

Instead, plastics were pushed into service in the second world war. During the war, plastic production within us quadrupled. Soldiers wore new plastic helmet liners and water-resistant vinyl raincoats. Pilots sat in cockpits made from Plexiglas, a shatterproof plastic, and relied on parachutes made from resilient nylon. Afterward, plastic manufacturing companies that had sprung up during wartime turned their attention to consumer products. Plastics began to exchange other materials like wood, glass, and fabric in furniture, clothing, shoes, televisions, and radios. Versatile plastics opened possibilities for packaging mainly designed to stay food and other products fresh for extended. 

Suddenly, there have been plastic garbage bags, stretchy wrapping, squeezable plastic bottles, takeaway cartons, and plastic containers for fruit, vegetables, and meat within a couple of decades, this multifaceted material became referred to as the “plastics century.” While the plastics century brought convenience and cost-effectiveness, it also created staggering environmental problems. Many plastics are made from nonrenewable resources. And plastic packaging was designed to be single-use, but some plastics take centuries to decompose, creating an enormous buildup of waste. This century we’ll need to concentrate our innovations on addressing those problems by reducing plastic use, developing biodegradable plastics, and finding new ways to recycle existing plastic.

The Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion

 From that dress you have only worn once at a party and shoes you bought for a one-night party fast fashion maybe kind on our wallets but it’s rough and tough on the environment. An ethical fashion influencer Kelly Novell says the toxic chemicals released during the huge production of cheap clothing are polluting our environment. This fashion industry creates 1.2 billion tons of carbon emissions each year worldwide and transportation combined and it's because we need to be more conscious of what and where we are buying from. Now many sustainable brands produce clothes that lessen harm to the planet and people. These brands are eco-friendly. Another way to reduce pressure on the environment is to go to places that recycle our old clothes and send them to be sold abroad. But lots of people still throw their clothes away an estimated one and a half million tons of clothing are bought in the UK each year and nearly a quarter still goes for dumping. We also purchase clothes from charity shops so we cut down carbon emissions and help to save this planet.

The message of this article is to affection the clothes we have got in our closest and don't rush to buy something new.

Environment-Friendly Home Decoration Ideas

 All of us have affection for our homes because this is the place, we spend most of our time. From embellishment to the environment, everything matters for a quiet and fresh feel at home. There is no doubt that we all must decorate our house according to our taste to make it look lovely but what about the atmosphere? How can we make our house atmosphere environment friendly? Let’s go down and examine how can we decorate our home in such a way that impacts well on our surroundings.

 Environmental Friendly Home Decoration Ideas

Here are some eco-friendly ideas we can work on to decorate our home.

1- VOC Emission from Wall Paints

2- Bamboo Flooring

3- In Door Plants

4- Go Organic

1- VOC Emission from Wall Paints

Some of you would not be acquitted of the role of paints in our environment. Everybody wants their room walls to look beautiful with wall paints and graphics no matter what color. So, when it comes to decorating a wall with paint, we’d recommend you to go with paints with either low VOC emission or zero. Less VOC emission means a low percentage of chemical gasses in the room which is more than enough to ask for as an environment-friendly home decoration plan.

2- Bamboo Flooring

How flooring can be environment friendly with regards to your home decoration? indeed depended on natural materials like bamboo or any wooden flooring that is natural by the material. Going with the idea will not only help you in embellishment but will also be favorable for the environment. 

3- In Door Plants

Having plants in your sitting and bedroom is one of the best ideas. These green plants will affect your room’s atmosphere significantly and improve the overall filtration of air within the room. So, we’d recommend all of you to must bring indoor green plants in your room or sitting area to have a good fresh feeling of air in the room.

4- Go Organic

To wrap things up, everything you buy for your home decorations must be made from organic material. Either it's a beautification piece or anything you go with for a home stylistic layout, you would need to sure that it is made from organic natural material which means eco-friendly as well. 

Besides these 4, there are many other things you can do to decorate your home by recycling, reusing and reducing approach.

Conclusion

To wrap things up with this brilliant environment-friendly homed decoration idea, we got to know that we can decorate our home while giving back to nature.  We have to go with these natural ideas to make our homes fresh and free of any pollution. Using these natural items in our decoration ideas would help us a lot in decorating our home in an environment-friendly strategy.

Easy and Simple Ways to Help the Environment: At Home and at Workplace.

Helping the environment does not have to be a task. In fact, we can do several simple things throughout our daily routine at the workplace and at our home, ensuring that we are doing our best to protect our planet. Several things outline in this article we can do to live a greener routine.

AT HOME

1:Use Eco-Friendly Product

The product that we use for cleaning purposes at home has a dangerous impact on the environment and our health as well. They may aggravate respiratory problems and skin rashes. Also, release some toxins in wastewater dangerous for marine life. Switching to homemade alternatives such as those that are recycled, natural and release less toxin is the best choice like vinegar, salt and alum.

2:Composting

To make food waste more effective and environmental friendly, composting is one of the best methods we can use. Composting works by breaking down your food waste in a way that can be used to enrich the soil. Composting bins are available all over the world in different sizes and ranges, that can be kept in the kitchen for ease. These bins are designed to be kept indoors so not bad order and no decors problem existed. These bins have evolved to fit a more eco-friendly and modern lifestyle. Food that goes to the disposal area increases the waste and can also lead to heavy emissions in the environment. Composting is one of the best ways we can do to help the environment at home.

3: 3 R's in the Environment

The principle of recycling, reusing and reducing products and material is often called the 3 R's. We can apply this principle to all household items such as electronics, clothing and furniture. We can share all of these items with our friends, family, sell online, and transform fabric into new. Get creative!

AT WORKPLACE

1: Travel Greener

The daily journey to and from work can be a significant contributor to greenhouse gases worldwide. But there is a way you could make it eco-friendly or even favorable to your health by walking and cycling to your work. You may also consider group travel and switching to electric vehicles. Remote working is also an option if your company is encouraging. Explore what would be the best alternative for you and take measures even in small ways!

2: Purchase Second-Hand Items

If you are running your own organization, you may choose to purchase items, appliances, and second-hand materials. This reduces the number of materials that go to the landfill. If you don't work personally, you could encourage your boss and colleague to buy second hand where possible and switch to the items that are recycled, reused and reduced. Even implanting the 3 R's principle could be a great way to start.

3: Turn It Off

When you and your teammate are out of the room, be sure to switch off electronic appliances and anything else unnecessary. With small but productive changes and a proactive approach, you can make a big difference to the environment whether at work or at home!

These simple and easy ways help the environment at home and at the workplace.