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Less Stuff, Less Stress: 7 Things to Reduce In Your Home and How

January 21, 2015 by hls_admin

Posted By The Eco Plumbers 21 Jan. 2015
Receiving gifts is wonderful, but they also add to the clutter, the bills, and the general stress in your life. If you’ve resolved to make your home easier to live in this year or are simply feeling stressed after Christmas and New Year’s, we at The Eco Plumbers will help. Here are seven things you can easily reduce in your home and how to do it successfully.

Water Waste

As plumbers, we know the value of water. We also know how easy it is to waste it. Leaving faucets running for just a few minutes sends gallons of water rushing down the drain. Since water is not easily renewable, water shortages can be pretty scary, especially in drought-prone regions. Don’t waste such a precious commodity. Turn the water off when you’re not using it. This includes while you’re brushing your teeth and while cooking. Don’t fill your bathtub to the top – switch to showers or limit yourself to a few inches per bath. Conserve as much warm water as possible by mixing it with cool water.

Electricity Usage

In our technologically-driven world, it seems like everybody is hooked up to some electronic device twenty-four hours a day. This is not only unhealthy for humans, but wasteful and unhealthy for the environment. Limit yourself to a certain amount of screen time per day – 2-3 hours for adults and even less for children. Children under four years old should ideally not be exposed to screen time. If your job or major hobbies require you to use a computer several hours a day, take frequent stretch breaks and watch your posture. Turn off your devices or place them in “sleep mode” when not in use. Leave them alone to charge at night, beginning around nine PM, as screen time disrupts sleep.

Clutter

Think about donating some old possessions. Thrift stores, and charities are always looking for gently used toys, books, furniture, and clothing. They also love rarer finds like used musical instruments or appliances.

Paper

Electronic readers, tablets, and cell phones have helped with this somewhat, but we’re not a paperless society yet. Exercise your memory by challenging yourself to see how much you can remember without writing it down. Practice on sites like lumosity.com. Recycle all used paper items.

Food Waste

Remember Mom and Dad telling you to eat your meals because kids were starving around the world? Food waste is a huge problem in the U.S. It’s easy today to know where people are going hungry. Donate food in good condition to food banks or charities that fly food overseas. If foodstuffs go bad, use them as compost.

Unhealthy Habits

If you’ve always resolved to quit smoking or drinking, or lay off the junk food but never done so, this is the year to get serious. Cigarette butts and alcohol bottles take up far too much space in landfills, and junk food is filled with preservatives. Foods like snack cakes and sugary cereals sit on store shelves for months, taking up space where the fresh foods should be.

Electronic Waste

If your computer has finally died, don’t toss it in a landfill. Cadmium, mercury, and other poisons can seep into the ground that way, harming humans and animals. Take your old electronics to a recycling center. Be sure to ask for a certificate of cleanliness once all data is destroyed.

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