Skip canned fruits and veggies. Whenever possible, limit purchases of canned fruit and vegetables and substitute fresh. The process involved in canning fruit uses 10 times more energy than picking fresh fruit. If every U.S. household replaced just one pound of canned or jarred fruit with one pound of fresh fruit during each summer month, the total energy saved could operate the kitchen appliances of more than 21,000 households for an entire year.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Use Cups; Avoid Cans
Buy soft drinks in a cup. Whenever possible, buy soda from a fountain in a paper cup instead of in a can or plastic bottle. You'll reduce the amount of aluminum cans and plastic bottles wasted. More paper (48 percent) is recycled and recovered to make new products than aluminum soda cans (43.9 percent) or plastic soda bottles (25 percent).
Skip canned fruits and veggies. Whenever possible, limit purchases of canned fruit and vegetables and substitute fresh. The process involved in canning fruit uses 10 times more energy than picking fresh fruit. If every U.S. household replaced just one pound of canned or jarred fruit with one pound of fresh fruit during each summer month, the total energy saved could operate the kitchen appliances of more than 21,000 households for an entire year.
Skip canned fruits and veggies. Whenever possible, limit purchases of canned fruit and vegetables and substitute fresh. The process involved in canning fruit uses 10 times more energy than picking fresh fruit. If every U.S. household replaced just one pound of canned or jarred fruit with one pound of fresh fruit during each summer month, the total energy saved could operate the kitchen appliances of more than 21,000 households for an entire year.
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