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Tips to conservation and recycling on campus

LSU Sustainability. Tips to conservation and recycling on campus. By: Molly O’Flynn Jamie Stein Sayre Phinney Kristen Laque. Save water AND energy. Unplug Chargers Turn Off Lights Have controlled AC temperatures during summer, around 72, and the heater around 68 in winter

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Tips to conservation and recycling on campus

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  1. LSU Sustainability Tips to conservation and recycling on campus By: Molly O’Flynn Jamie Stein Sayre Phinney Kristen Laque

  2. Save water AND energy • Unplug Chargers • Turn Off Lights • Have controlled AC temperatures • during summer, around 72, and the heater around 68 in winter • Use energy efficient light bulbs • Power save modes on monitors • LSU’s UNPLUG Challenge

  3. Save water AND energy • Showers • (tub is 70 gallons; 5 min. shower is 10-25 gallons) • Leaks • (can waste hundreds to thousands of gallons per year) • Hose use Only 1% of water on earth is available for humans, so don’t waste. In 2009, 45 states reported “water-stress” conditions. (EPA)

  4. Save water AND energy Run full loads • Laundry (uses 30-40 gallons) • Dishwashers (save 20 gallons) • don’t pre-rinse • “letting your faucet run for five minutes uses about as much energy as letting a 60-watt light bulb run for 14 hours.” (EPA)

  5. GREEN TRANSPORTATION FACTS: • 40 percent: Reduction in U.S. reliance on foreign oil that would occur if one in ten Americans used public transportation daily. • When you drive 75 mph vs. 55 mph, its equivalent to burning an extra gallon of fuel every 100 miles you drive. • 25 percent: The percentage increase in MPG you can create by keeping up on your car’s maintenance

  6. WHEN COMMUTING TO CAMPUS • Ride bike or walk to school if living within a reasonable distance from school. • Ride the bus to school if living on the bus route. • If you need a ride after the normal bus hours on or off of campus, contact the campus transit that runs from 5:30p.m. until 3:00 a.m.

  7. IF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE • Carpool with roommates or friends to and from school • When running errands, try to do all of them in one trip • Drive the speed limit • Use cruise control • Keep tires inflated

  8. OTHER HELPFUL TIPS • Look for an on-campus job • Either eat lunch on campus or bring lunch from home • Use city-wide transportation (CATS) • Buy only locally grown products

  9. REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE • We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans every year. • Approximately 1 billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the U.S. • Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are thrown away!

  10. REDUCE • Use a reusable water bottle instead of buying plastic bottles • Don't use individually packaged products like utensils and ketchup • Read and send information electronically to reduce paper waste • Reduce junk mail printed by removing name from mailing list

  11. REUSE • Reusable bags at the store • Donate old clothes and furniture • Use both sides of paper while copying or taking notes • Don’t use disposable paper plates/cups/utensils

  12. RECYCLE • Buy products with a recycle mark • There are places everywhere on campus to recycle-different bins for paper and plastic • Recycle your electronics instead of putting them in the trash

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