8- Tips to Go Green

Segregate wastes. Have separate receptacles for compostables like kitchen wastes and dried leaves; recyclables like paper, plastic and glass; and other wastes for garbage collection/dump. Label each receptacle and make sure that you tell your household members about it.

If you do not segregate wastes, recycling/reuse is futile. All wastes just end up in the landfills.

7- Tips to Go Green

Promote organic fertilizer. Compost dried leaves, kitchen wastes, pet wastes and other organic matters. If you have no plants or garden, you can always give these to others who can use these wastes as organic fertilizer. The less chemical fertilizers farms use, the better for the soil and for us. 

In some communities, there are also regular collectors of kitchen left-over/wastes (kanin-baboy), which are used to supplement feeds for home-raised pigs. Support their livelihood by giving your kitchen wastes.

6- Tips to Go Green

Switch to green home. If you are doing house repairs or renovation, try second hand lumber store, junk shops, surplus or salvage stores and antique shops in your neighborhood for used but inexpensive building materials and fixtures. It will reduce your carbon footprint and save some trees from being chopped.

If you are renovating your house, try to salvage as much as reusable materials as you can. You can sell building materials and fixtures to junk shops or second hand lumber stores. The remaining scrap lumber that was not sold can be turned into charcoal.

5- Tips to Go Green

Conserve water at all times. Fix all water leaks and faulty toilets without delay. The faster you repair leaks, the less water wastage and lower water bill. It will also help a lot if you turn off the water while brushing your teeth, and use a glass of water instead.

4- Tips to Go Green

Use green lights. Instead of incandescent bulbs, switch to LED lights, fluorescent bulbs or compact fluorescent lights (CFL), which last longer and cost less energy for the same amount of light output. It will save you around 80% of your lighting cost.


Of course, it will save you more if you turn off the lights during daytime or if not in use.