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At Home
P2 Week
September 15-21
How can I make my home more energy efficient?
Energy efficient choices can save families about a third on their home energy bills with similar savings of greenhouse gases without sacrificing style or comfort.
How clean is the electricity I use?
Electricity is generated in many different ways. Now you have a choice in choosing the source of your power and how it is generated by using EPA's Power Profiler.
How can I support cleaner electricity generation?
Green power offers users an option to support newer technologies that capture renewable energy sources to create electricity.
How do I reduce household hazardous wastes?
Americans generate 1.6 million tons of household hazardous waste per year, including paints, cleaners, stains and varnishes, car batteries, motor oil, and pesticides. When they are not properly handled, household hazardous waste can pose health risk to people and the environment.
- Household Hazardous Waste - Steps to Safe Management. Learn how you can reduce the amount of household hazardous waste you generate and ensure that those wastes are safely stored and handled.
How can I reduce the amount of garbage I generate?
Individual consumers can help alleviate America's mounting trash problem by making environmentally aware decisions about everyday things like shopping and caring for the lawn. Like the story that says that cats have nine lives, so do many of the items that we use every day. Reusing products is just one way to cut down on what we throw away.
- Tips for Reducing Solid Waste
- The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste. Learn about practical steps you can take to reduce the amount and toxicity of your garbage.
How can I prevent stormwater pollution?
Keep litter, pet wastes, leaves, and debris out of the street gutters and storm drains that drain directly to lake, streams, rivers, and wetlands. Apply lawn and garden chemicals sparingly and according to directions.
- Watersheds - What You Can Do
- Bookmark: 10 Things You Can Do to Prevent Stormwater Runoff Pollution (PDF) (2 pp, 336KB, About PDF)
- What you can do to prevent NPS pollution
What and where can I recycle?
Reducing consumption, reusing items, and recycling products and materials help to protect the environment. EPA offers you information on which products you can recycle, which help prevent waste and reduce consumption; and ways to reuse dozens of items.
- EPA's Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Web site
- Recycle City Web Site - helps you learn about and explore how residents in this make-believe city are protecting their environment.
- Reutilización + reciclaje + reduccion de desechos (PDF) (32 pp, 6.9MB, About PDF)
- Haciendo Aún Más Verde ("Greenscaping") su Césped y Jardín (PDF) (8 pp, 313KB, About PDF)