Changes needed to be made! Using reusable shopping bags will likely reduce plastic bag pollution and improve our environment for the better even by changing this habit of us. As the saying goes, baby steps!

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In every year, millions of tons of waste are generated by human from the households and building construction such as plastic and many more thing that take a long time to dispose. To solve this problem, we decided to set our goal as minimize the amount of waste by reuse BPA-free bottle and reusable shopping bag. Waste minimization is defined as ‘systematically reducing waste at source’. It means improving the quality of waste generated to facilitate recycling and reduce hazard.  

However, without paying more attention, we use a lot of energy each day. We decided to set our goal as energy saving to solve this problem. By doing simple things like using natural light in daytime in the house and iron large batches of clothes are the ways to save energy. Energy saving also known as energy conservation is the effort made to reduce the consumption of energy by using less of an energy service. Less consumption benefits the environment and protects wildlife.
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Most of the powers we consume are not from renewable energy sources. However, the world would be better served by renewable energy sources and can avoid wastage. So, little acts like unplugging unused electronics and also (apply Pomodoro Method) working diligently to save energy would make a big difference in the long run.

Minimize waste is another solution to save environment. Reusable containers and steel straw are the example of product that can reduce the demand of the product as it can be reuse for about 25 times before become damaged. Thus, every product has the capacity to be repurposed if we allow ourselves to see it with an open eye.

By doing small changes, we can made our daily lifestyle becoming more appreciate the nature of earth.
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Waste-reducing also plays a fundamental part to conserve the environment. Reducing our waste means that there will be a much lesser landfill contribution that is already overwhelmed with a massive amount of trash. Therefore, it is significant to manage our waste efficiently by reusing a potential container and be creative to invest them into a useful product. To improve the efficacy of waste management, we also make use of rice water to water the plant instead of throwing them away. This method is beneficial for both waste management and environmental health.
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And for your information, hot showers cost a lot to run, which around 30% of a home’s water and energy expenses making it one of the most expensive appliances at the home. Besides that, the hot shower also uses the most energy than stoves, lighting, dishwashers, washing machines and dryers.

Therefore, by choosing a shower timer such as sand timer, digital timer, LED timer and more can help to reducing energy and water bills. With a shower timer, will be able to helps encourage water users to change wasteful behaviour and adopt to water conservation as a way of life. However, shower timers also regulate the use of hot water, which means lower energy bills.

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We could always minimize the paper usage in our working environment and there is always an option before we are fully capable to go “paperless”. Less cost is needed and applicable to everyone by reusing the paper once we are done with it as to jot down some notes and utilize the leftover space of the paper. We could also find any paper-like material such as the back of the calendar paper to create our own personal notebook.

By saving a ton of paper, we can save 17 trees, 26000 liters of water, 4000 kilowatt of power supply and 240 liters of fuel Paper also account for 25% of landfill waste and 33% of municipal waste. 

Hence, for a better and safe environment, we could practice our waste management more effectively and reduce the contribution of the carbon footprint that will bring harm to the environment.

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Although these phones are relatively efficient, their energy usage use does add up. Here a few tips to save energy and save battery life with our mobile phones so we don’t have to charge it as frequently.

✔️Put our cell phone on saving-energy mode

✔️ Protect our phone from excessive heat and cold
✔️ Deactivate WI-FI and Bluetooth when not in use

✔️ Turn of vibration
✔️ Dim our screen

✔️ Turn off GPS

✔️ Close unnecessary apps

✔️ Decrease screen timeout

✔️ Disable unneeded notifications

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Not only we risk our health by overconsuming sugar but we also undeliberately consume so much electricity just to boil water and make our favorite drink. Yes! Our kettle does take up a big amount of electricity if we use it for too long especially when we fill up the kettle almost too full. Now, imagine how much electricity has been used up if we do it frequently without such boundaries!

Here are some tips for an energy-saving lifestyle while still having our leisure time:

✅ Consume hot water once in a while. Never do it too frequently.

✅ Only boil with as much water as we need.

✅ Opt for energy-saving kettles rather than using the traditional ones.

Just by fixing our habits, we’re one step closer to live sustainably!

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However, COVID-19 is a pandemic but it also has caused some good things like healing the earth from any kind of pollution. Usually, we don't have much time to do such simple activities that can save our earth because we are busy doing our matter. 

Therefore, there are some simple ways to save energy and minimize waste that all people can do by themselves such as keeping the fridge door closed and do not open the fridge door as often as possible and also reducing the use of hot water for saving energy. Then, take a step to go vegan as one of the zero waste approaches, and buy things in bulk to reduce packaging wastes. This measure will save our money on top of reducing packaging waste indirectly.

Paulo Coelho once said, “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

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During daytime, we opt for natural light. However, at nighttime, we have no other choice other than to use available artificial light in our home. At this hour, try to minimize the light usage and only use it when necessary.

Conserving energy is important to preserve nature as we take such measures to reduce the number of toxic fumes such as greenhouse gases from the power plant that generates electricity. It is our responsibility to take care of the environment’s health before the consequences of our actions take over.

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And for your information, the households in developed countries use more water than those in developing countries. This is because waste water produced due to human activities in households is called domestic waste water. Therefore, a simple way to reduce waste water is the excess iced milo, juice orange, purple yam juice and so on can be used as ice cream.

To make ice cream from any kind of juice, it is recommended to use a reusable popsicle frozen ice cream moulds because it can minimize waste of plastic indirectly.

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Also, to satisfy our energy-saving targets, the following step has been taken. Some of us are unaware that we are already conserving energy. So, we're going to show you how to save energy by sharing a room and how to use LEDs instead of regular light bulbs. This is a simple step that we can take to save almost half of our energy as well as a lot of money.

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Reducing paper consumption contributes to minimizing the paper waste which eventually goes to the landfill, adding more burden to the environment than it already was. Paper accounts for 25% of waste in the landfill and 33% of municipal waste and adversely affects environmental health including soil degradation, global warming, pollution, etc.

As a student, paper is essential to print out our lecture notes, modules, assignments, etc. Regardless, it’s time to shift our reliance on these papers to a pro-environment work practice while still maintaining our productivity. Here’s a tutorial on how to start working digitally by using One Note Microsoft application set-ups!

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