To mark Earth Day 2021 (Thursday 22 April) productivity and organisation app Evernote has produced 5 tips to help people to go green to help the environment.

Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

Many important environmental events have happened on Earth Day since 1970, including the recent signing of the Paris Agreement, as Earth Day continues to be an important day each year.

This year the organisers are encouraging people everywhere to take action and share tips to make a difference, every day of the year.

Accordingly, Dorothy Spira from Evernote, offers 5 ways to help you go green in 2021.

 

Tip 1 – Cut down on single-use plastic

 

Reducing your single-use plastic is the easiest way to get started. Here are some common things you can replace:

  • Cups and bottles — pick up a stainless-steel water bottle, and start using a portable tumbler for your morning coffee.
  • Drinking straws — You can find these in stainless steel too. Or even bamboo. Sip, sip, hooray!
  • Shopping bags — Cloth bags are reusable, can usually hold more, and won’t rip when you’re halfway home.

Tip 2 – Go paperless

 

Documents, receipts, junk mail, bills. We’re surrounded by paper, but it doesn’t have to be a burden. Here are a few ways you can help save our rainforests:

  • Opt-out of junk mail lists once and for all. Check out this how-to from Eco-Cycle.
  • Say no to paper receipts when shopping and ask for them to be emailed to you instead.
  • Sign-up for e-statements and pay your bills online.
  • Use an app like Evernote to take notes and to manage your paper.

Tip 3 – Rethink how and what you eat

 

With careful planning, we can reduce food waste and eat more consciously.

  • Plan your meals ahead of time to minimize throwing away food that has gone off.
  • Shop at a local farmers market or stick to the local produce section of grocery stores.
  • Add more plant-based meals to your diet.
  • Eat ugly produce. Tons of perfectly good produce goes to waste just because it doesn’t look “perfect.”

Tip 4 – Think before you shop

 

When it comes to making a change, here’s a fun mantra to keep in mind: refuse, reuse, repair. In other words:

  • Buy fewer fashion items — do you really need that new blouse?
  • Participate in the circular economy and use second-hand items when possible.
  • Take damaged clothes to the tailor for repair instead of throwing them away.

Tip 5 – Simplify your skincare

 

Here are some steps you can take to simplify your body care routine and avoid plastic waste:

  • Skip the body wash and go with a moisturizing fragrance-free bar of soap.
  • Go vintage with a reusable safety razor and recycle the steel blades.
  • Try using shampoo and conditioner in solid bars instead of from a plastic pump bottle.

 

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