http://www.tipbin.com Share what you know http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2206 Many of us use very large capacity water tanks to flush our toilets. One way to quickly and easily save water is to put one or two bricks inside the tank. Saving a half-gallon of water EVERY time you flush will save money in energy used to treat and clean the water, and it will keep the associated CO2 emissions from polluting our atmosphere. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:55:42 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2206 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/59 When not using appliances or electronics, unplug them. Keeping them plugged in, even when turned off, still consumes electricity. This is especially true with cell phone chargers. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:26:43 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/59 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/461 Plan ahead. Condense your errands so that you aren't running all around town in a disorderly fashion, using more gas than necessary. And if you are at a large shopping center where you need to go to multiple stores, park in the middle so you don't have to move your car for each store you need to go to. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:48:32 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/461 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2295 Computers consume much power. Turn off every machine every night if it is not needed. This will save a lot energy. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:41:27 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2295 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2205 Keeping your tires inflated to the proper pressure can improve your gas mileage by up to 3.3 percent. It's also safer, and will make your tires last longer (which ultimately results in less waste). Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:24:16 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2205 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2207 Look for biodegradable doggie poop bags for cleaning up after your pooch. There's a lot to clean up after over the life time of your dog. Help it all return to earth faster by avoiding non-biodegradable plastic baggies. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:14:50 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2207 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2209 You know those 50 napkins you usually get with fast food meals? Don't throw them away when you're done. Put them with the rest of your paper napkins and use them for causal meals (probably not when you have guests over). Save some trees, and save yourself some money. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:05:05 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2209 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2212 Use blackle.com to search Google and "save a fair bit of energy" as they put it. The darker screen apparently helps save energy. Who knew?! Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:55:41 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2212 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2213 Follow in the footsteps of blackle.com and make your website's colors darker. This can help save energy. For example: If you've got a centered layout (like TipBin), you could make the sides of the page darker. Every little bit helps! Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:59:30 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2213 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2218 Make sure to save your cup sleeve from your favorite coffee shop and reuse it. They're usually made from recycled material, but reuse is always far more efficient than recycling. One sleeve should easily last months. There are also plenty of patterns out there that you can use to make your own reusable sleeve. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:53:52 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2218 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2222 There are a number of sites that will help you remove your name from direct mail (i.e. junk mail) mailing lists. Register with them and save energy and resources being wasted on delivering to your mail box a bunch of crap you have no interest in. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:39:16 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2222 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2239 Open your curtains in the morning to let solar energy (aka sunlight) in to warm your house, and close them at night to help keep it in. Sometimes it's tempting to close curtains during the day to darken a room, but remember that you're wasting free solar energy. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:13:49 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2239 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2240 If you want to green your home by adding/changing insulation look for companies that sell reclaimed insulation. You get to save energy twice! Check the link below; they sell all over the country. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:31:07 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2240 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2233 Save your plastic easter eggs for next year. One bag of plastic easter eggs will last you many years if you gather them up and save them. Just add new prizes (we usually use small pieces of chocolate and money.) If your kids have outgrown them, pass them along on freecycle. There's no need to repurchase them every year. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:04:39 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/2233 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/453 Use power strips for things like TVs, A/V components, video game systems, etc. When not in use, turn off the power strip to cut power to everything. Even when turned off, things like TVs consume power, so using power strips to control several components at once makes turning them all off much easier. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:51:11 +0000 http://www.tipbin.com/tips/detail/453