• Choose products with fewer layers of packaging
• Choose items in smaller packages like concentrated juice, soup or soap.
• Buy only the food you’ll eat; shop in your own refrigerator first
• Keep your old stuff so you need less new stuff.
• Take good care of your stuff so it lasts.
• Replace parts, not products (Is it a faster computer you need, or a faster processor?)
• Enjoy magazines, newspapers and books at the library or online.
Join the Waste Less
Wisconsin Conservation Challenge.
Learn about what Wisconsinites are doing and embark on your own challenge to help
Wisconsin waste less – www.wastelesswisconsin.org
Sometimes as much as half the cost of an item pays for packaging.
• Take unwanted items to a charity or resale shop
• Bring your own reusable bag, mug and water bottle
• Reuse containers for leftovers
• Eat leftovers. Or freeze them to eat later
• Make double-sided copies and printouts
• Reuse packing peanuts and bubble wrap
• Take notes on scrap paper
• Refill ink and toner cartridges
• Have a rummage sale
• Wear hand-me-downs
• Use cloth napkins
• Read labels and do exactly what they say.
• Store products marked, “Danger,” “Warning” and “Caution” out of reach of children and pets and in their original labeled containers.
• Follow disposal instructions to prevent hazardous pollution.
• Choose the lease hazardous product for the job.
• Make your own non-hazardous household cleaners.
• Understand hazardous chemicals
• Recycle electronics
• Recycle fluorescent tubes and bulbs
• Recycle motor oil
• Choose rechargeable batteries
• Recycle batteries
Let nature do the recycling
when it comes to yard materials.
• Leave grass clippings on the lawn
• Mow over leaves and leave them on the lawn
• Compost yard materials and kitchen scraps
• Keep the air clean – never burn leaves and yard materials
