Some Easy Ways To Be Earth-Friendly

• Buy products packaged in recycled materials
• Buy products in bulk or those with the least amount of packaging.
• Recycle your own household plastics and paper.
• Recycle your junk mail and reduce the amount of junk mail you get by contacting the Mail Preference Service, c/o Direct Marketing Association, 6 East 43rd St., New York, NY 10017, and asking them to remove your name from mailing lists that are sold to companies.
• Don't waste paper. Use both sides before recycling it.
  Bring along a cloth or canvas tote bag when you shop.

• Make your own home backyard compost heap

How can we support green and sustainable packaging?

• All of us, not just the package manufacturers and food manufacturers are responsible for eco-efficiency.
• Lobby and convince our municipalities to broaden the collection of recyclable materials and to offer industrial compost solutions.
• Use materials that are recyclable or that biodegrade or biocompost.
• Use monopacks (packages made from one material) whenever possible since it is easier to recycle
• Compost biocompostable packages in your own home compost heap.
• Raise awareness of ourselves as "global citizens" and the impact of our choices and actions on the well-being and health of all the world's peoples and environments.
• Actively participate in the in the creation of self-reliant local community networks and sustainable and equitable businesses providing viable recycling and composting alternatives.