Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Tom Verrigni

Water Usage

It takes 17 million barrels of oil to produce all the plastic needed for bottled water.

Bottled Water also produces 1.5 million tons of plastic waste a year.

You can help reduce this by buying reusable water bottles and by installing filters for your tap water.

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Replace Your Light bulbs

By replacing traditional light bulbs with a fluorescent bulb will save up to 150 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.

Drive Less

By car pooling, walking or riding a bike places, you can save up to 1 pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive.

Avoid excessive packaging

By cutting down your garbage by 10% you can save up to 1200 pounds of carbon per year

Plant a Tree

A tree can absorb over 1 ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

Shade that is provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10-15%

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