How can you improve each situation?

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

When you get food ‘to-go’, it often comes in a Styrofoam container.

• Styrofoam is made from petroleum and can transfer chemicals to your food.

• Not biodegradable

What’s a solution?

Bring your ownre-usable plastic “to-go”container.

Your family produces at least 1 full bag of trash everyday.

You usually put it out on the street for the trash collectors to come and pick up.

How can we lessen our environmentalimpact?

SORT YOUR GARBAGE

We’re so lucky because Saigon has anexcellent recycling industry.

Make it easier for recyclers to pick up your recyclable items by sorting it.

You can even arrange a regular ‘pick-up’ day..

When you go to the supermarket, you always get many plastic shopping bags.

* It can take between 20 - 1,000 years for a plastic bag to decompose!

Nowadays, many shops encourage shoppers to bring re-usable shoppingbags.

The store saves money…. and customers help save the environment.win-win!

You’ve started to seesome rats/mice (rodents)in and around your house.

You want to get rid of them.what can you use?

• Rat poison can be dangerous for pets & small children.

• Rat poison doesn’t kill rats instantly; therefore they may die somewhere in your house that is difficult to reach. This causes a bad smell and can carry a disease

• Rat Traps & Sticky Traps can be cruel and painful for the animal. Plus, sometimes they don’t die instantly.

• You can hire a service to set up humane rat traps. (where they catch & release)

• Get a cat. Cats love to find and hunt rats. They’re a safe and natural way to solve your problem…

• Use a natural repellant. Rats hate the smell of peppermint oil, chili & cat urine

Tissue, Toilet paper, Napkins & Paper towels all come from trees and create a lot of trash.

How can we reduce our use of theseproducts?

Handkerchief

Dish towels

Cloth Napkins

Most can be replaced by using washable cloth. You can also buy environmentally-friendly TP.

How many of these productsare in your home?

They all come in thick, plastic containers.

What’s one way to produce less trash ?

Buy REFILL packs.

They use less plastic.

RE-PURPOSE bottles intosomething else useful.

Your family produces a lotof dirty laundry each week.

You usually use the washingmachine every day.

How can you conserve energy, but still get cleanclothes?

• Hand wash your clothes; it uses less water, no electricity, & you can exercise your arms!

• If you do use your washer, use it in the early morning or after 7pm.

This is the time most households use less energy, thus, your power bill will be cheaper.

• RE-WEAR clothes that aren’t that dirty. You can hang up clothes to “air” them out

Every house has some items that are no longerin use. Old electronics, broken machines,old notebooks, blankets, clothes… etc.

You could just throw it away…. OR…

• Find someone / an organization to donate to. (local schools, shelters, charities, etc.)

• ASK friends and other family if they want/need any of your things.

• Give it directly to someone in need

* Or you can always sort it… to be recycled.