11/16: Sports

tip of the day
If the Football Night in America crew can do it, so can you.
Here are some ideas to get you started:

  • Reduce: Ask for less packaging with your take out.
  • Reuse: Use a reusable water bottle and refill it from the tap.
  • Recycle: Donate old sports clothing and equipment.
the impact
  • Reduce: If every worker in the United States did this, we could save twenty-five million plastic forks, knives and chopsticks per day--enough utensils for three square meals a day for everyone in New York City.
  • Reuse: In 2006, it took more than 17 million barrels of oil (excluding the oil used in transporting the plastic) to produce plastic bottles.
  • Recycle: If one in every ten Americans bought a vintage garment instead of a new one, the energy saved could fly every resident of Hollywood to New York City for Fashion Week.
more info
For more tips on green living, visit http://www.simplesteps.org/.