Suggestions:
- Buy a compost bin.
- Better yet, build one out of recycled materials like wooden pallets.
- You can even make a compost heap, not using a bin at all, if you have the room.
- Compost all your kitchen vegetable and fruit scraps.
- Compost your hair, your pet's hair, and most of what you vacuum.
- Compost happens -- it doesn't have to be work. All that fussing just makes compost happen quicker.
- For the adventurous, worm composting.
- For the truly adventurous, toilet composting.
Suggestions:
- Make your own eco-friendly laundry soap
- Hang laundry outside instead of using dryer
- Build a system for hanging laundry to dry outdoors
- Build a system for hanging laundry to dry indoors
- Use dryer balls instead of dryer sheets
- Use wooden and metal clothes pins instead of plastic ones
- Wash only full loads of laundry
- Wash in cold water for both the wash and rinse cycles
- Buy a front loading washer
- Buy an Energy Star washer
- Hand wash
- Don't wash after every wear
- Use a laundromat instead of owning your own washer or dryer
- Discontinue use of bleach or other toxic cleaning supplies
