SOME LESSER-KNOWN ECO-FRIENDLY MEASURES

For the past one month I have been obsessed with picking eco friendly alternatives for everything I do. I wanted to share some interesting ones with you.

Firstly, GIVING A THOUGHT ON BUYING USED BOOKS OVER NEW ONES.

So, I needed a novel and I know that e books are the eco friendliest option but when we really need a paperback experience, I would suggest buying used books or 2^nd hand books instead of new books thereby contributing to afforestation. When a book is not purchased fresh and it doesn’t go out of stock, new copies will not be printed, thereby saving paper, and not cutting trees. Printing a book also needs other energy requirements in the printing press which can also be conserved, when more than one person reads the same book is more efficiently used, when I type this I suddenly get this idea of “LIBRARIES” BEING SUCH AN ECO FRIENDLY CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL TIME, the same book is read by multiple people and is best used.

Second thing that I picked up was A FOUNTAIN PEN OVER BALL PEN/GEL PEN

Being a college student I had to buy a lot of ball pens and used it for everything I write, I was also used to writing journals. So, basically, I write a lot and needed a new ball pen every week, initially I thought of buying refills but even they contained plastic, so I thought fountain pens would be a better option to get rid of some plastic from our everyday lives. Ball pens are more convenient, but fountain pens are more satisfying and gives a good writing experience once we get a hang over it, initially it was tempting to use ball pen at times, but considering the good deed of contributing to the environment friendliness its highly satisfying. I won’t say that I will never buy a ball pen again, in many competitive exams its compulsory to use only ball pens but I can limit the use of ball pens by using it only when its compulsory.

Third is THE IDEA OF USING A WOODEN TOOTHBRUSH OVER PLASTIC ONES

Wooden tooth brushes are highly affordable and easy to adopt, the only thing that needs attention is it must be drained properly after using, if not fungus might inhabit. But in this I still have a doubt we can reduce plastic usage, but deforestation has to happen to support this measure.

But then I got to know about the bamboo ones.

 

Also, with respect to paper, I have heard that TNPL-TAMIL NADU PAPER LIMITED, used sugarcane husk to produce paper and tress need not be cut.

When I think of plastic and wooden brush would convince myself to pick the wooden one cause its natural and as long as we abide to the rules of the mother nature by not introducing new plastic which it is not able to degrade, we are safe and healthy.

So, I have incorporated these three new eco friendly measures in my life for the past one month and it works for me. I hope that these were new ideas for you to lead an eco-friendly life too.