It’s not enough to limit what you do for economy in your home. If you can stretch your efforts a bit further, why not help the world save its resources? It’s time to go green.

Make use of your old plastic bags. Whenever you go to a store, it seems you always go home with a plastic bag. How many of these bags do you actually re-use? Or do they just add up to the world’s garbage?

The world doesn’t have to produce more plastic if only people would stop being careless with it. A very practical way is to re-use your bags. When you’re out to buy, bring your bags. Inform the baggers in the cashier that you have brought your own grocery bag. Or you can get one of those cloth bags which you can wash.

Also, there’s a growing tradition of buying recycled stuff–paper, home decors, and many others. Why not support this? Recycled items are precious because it helps the world with its problem on waste management. You can also buy such things as gifts to other people. This way, you can get your friends to like recycled stuff too.

Segregate. Garbage should be categorized according to paper, glass, plastic, metal, compost, and hazardous. Or simply biodegradable and non-biodegradable. Help your community by making sure you’ve sorted out your refuse before you leave them out for collection.

Got a lot of scratch paper? I usually have problems with my printer, so I always have a pile of printed paper. What I do is I contribute it to our HR department to support their recycling program. You can do the same. Don’t just trash unsuccessful print-outs. Compile them and donate it to a paper drive.