Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
Goodwill stores took in 23 million pounds of electronics in 2004 alone, and estimates that 30 percent of them were unusable.
As a result, Goodwill Industries met with the House Committee on Science and Technology to address the challenges facing nonprofit organizations that accept donated televisions, computers and other electronics.
Goodwill wants federal government action with three items:
The primary goal of Goodwill agencies is to refurbish and resell electronics. If this isn’t an option, Goodwill must take on the costs of responsible disposal.
