Eco Home Report - The Savings
Check out the financial and environmental savings your family can make.
Four Cornerstones of Home SAVINGS…
| Added Cost | Annual Savings | Pounds of CO2 Savings |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Reduce Plastic Waste:
Recycle even half of your household waste, and use a filtered pitcher and reusable canister instead of plastic bottles. Also, use concentrated eco-cleaners that can be mixed for different cleaning purposes. |
$40 $12 |
$60 $120 |
1,000 lbs |
Reduce Paper Waste:
Even just once a year, replace one pack of paper towels, napkins, toilet paper and facial tissue with ones made recycled paper. |
$6 |
$0 | 0.34 lbs |
Reduce Water Waste:
Install a water efficient low flow ‘amplifying’ shower head with 1.6 gallons per minute. Also, install a faucet aerator with 1.6 gallons per minute. |
$30 $2 |
$60 $10 |
560 lbs |
Reduce Energy Waste:
Replace just 10% of your traditional incandescent light bulbs with CFL bulbs. Also, Set the Programmable Thermostat. (Over 70% of Americans have not set their programmable units.) |
$7.50 $35 |
$10 $180 |
1,520 lbs |
Totals |
$132.50 |
$440 |
3,080 lbs |
For about $10 a month… you can SAVE over $400 a year and SAVE well over a ton of CO2!
Impact Across the US Students |
Annual Savings |
Pounds of CO2 Savings |
| Nursery School and Kindergarten Students: (9 million in the United States and their families) |
$4 billion |
27 Billion lbs |
| Elementary School Students: (33 million in the United States and their families) |
$14.4 billion |
100 billion lbs |
If every family that has nursery school through elementary school students makes the few changes outlined above, the impact would be massive. The average U.S. household spends over $1,900 a year on energy and emits 27.3 tons of CO2. We’ve got a lot of opportunity and
A little bit goes a long way!
