The official Earth Day may have already passed but that doesn’t mean you can’t care for the earth every day. At John E. Peakes Insurance Agency, your California Business insurance agency, we want you to love and care about the earth as much as we do. That is why we are sharing 10 out of 50 tips help the planet.
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1. Turn computers off at night: this will save about 40 watt-hours per day, which adds up to 4 cents a day or $14 per year.
2. Don’t rise: Skip the rinsing before using your dishwasher. This will save up to 20 gallons of water each dish load. In addition to saving water, you are also saving time and energy used to heat the water.
3. Diaper with a conscience: By the time your child is toilet trained, a parent will have created approximately 3.5 million tons of waste, which is dumped in the U.S. landfills each year. Instead of producing this waste, use a more environmental friendly diaper, or even better, a cloth one.
4. Hang Dry: This will not only save the energy the dryer uses dry a load, your clothes will also maintain their color longer and you will save money.
5. Rethink your bath time: If you are a frequent bath taker, try taking them less frequently or not at all, and shower instead. Not only will you reduce water consumption, but you will cut down the energy cost that is used to heat up all the water.
6. Get creative with your wrapping: Instead of buying the fun colored wrapping paper, save paper by reusing gift bags, newspaper, brown paper bags, maps and so on.
7. Turn the water off when brushing your teeth: You may have heard this many times, yet you still leave the water running when you don’t need it to be. If you turn it off while brushing your teeth you could conserve up to five gallons of water per day.
8. Plant a tree: Planting a tree is good for the air, the land, and the shade it provides your home will cut your cooling costs saving you money and energy.
9. Set your car to cruise control: When your car is set to cruise control you could save up to 15% better gas mileage. This not only helps the environment but keeps more money in your wallet too.
10. Use cotton swabs with a paperboard spindle: Some cotton swabs are made with paper board spindles while other are made of plastic. If 10% of cotton swab buyers were to switch to paper board spindles the petroleum energy saved per year would add up to over 150,000 gallons of gasoline.
There you have it, ten ways to help the planet. But the list doesn’t stop at 10, find out the 40 other ways to help save the planet and make it a plan to make the small changes. As your California Business Insurance agency, we want to make sure the planet is taken care of just like many of you do. Go Green!
