By making minor changes in our lives, we can help protect the planet.

1. Tips for Reducing your Carbon
Footprint 1
Part I of 3 in the Tips for
Reducing your Carbon
Footprint Series

2. Plastic Water Bottles
• Plastic water bottles
are not good for the
earth and may contain
chemicals.
• To combat this you can
invest in a good ole’
reusable water bottle
made from stainless
steel or #5
polypropylene plastic.

3. Reusable Water Bottles
• Fill up your reusable
water bottle at home
using the tap.
• If you or your parents
are not comfortable
with drinking from the
tap, think about
installing a filter on the
faucet.

4. Product Packaging
• Before you decide to
buy something, think
about how much
packaging will have
to be thrown away.
• Buy things that you
know can be
recycled.

5. Recycled Packaging
• Buy things made of
materials that have
already been recycled.
• Talk to your family
about buying products
in bulk, which uses less
packaging.

6. Reusing Materials
• Reusing things is a great
way to decrease the
amount of trash you throw
away.
• Keep a cloth towel by the
sick if ever you need to
clean up a spill.
• By doing this you will
decrease your use of paper
towels; therefore using
less.

7. Save & Reuse
• Save plastic bags you
get when shopping
and use them again.
• Save old ratty
clothing and use
them as cleaning
rags.

8. Reusable Containers
• If you make your lunch
from home, store it in
reusable containers.
• Websites like the
Container Store sell
tons of reusable
containers in all shapes
and sizes.

9. For more information on topics like this visit our
Resource page at www.Microempowering.org