You can contribute by supporting projects which reduce carbon emissions with reforestation or renewable energy.

Many people toss their fruits food scraps during driving or hiking into the nature. They will biodegrade but it will take a long time. For a Banana it can depending on the climate take up to 2 years.

Be cautious of labels like "environmentally friendly" or "100% natural" if there is no insights or information how it is archived. Also claims like "50% more recycled material" often don't reveal against what is compared. Spot them and dig deeper. In addition "CFC free" is not a achievement since it is banned since 20% years. Look for a seal or certification mark from a recognized, independent third party specializing in green claim. Also compare how sustainable the actual products is versus the packaging.

There are many great biodegradable, fair produced and recycled or bamboo toothbrushes that you can explore. Some even offer package-free and compensate the delivery for you. Throughing out a big piece of non-recyclable plastic every few weeks is not great!

It turns out those little spools of floss are an environmental minefield. Being such a small piece of litter, dental floss, and other types of small plastic, often get swept up in the disposal process and end up in the ocean. Floss, designed specifically not to tear, is a real problem in the ocean. Like other plastics, it can end up suffocating marine animals, or making its way into their stomachs, where it often stays for years, causing serious health issues.

In order to not increase the emissions and environmental impact of flying even more try to avoid unnecessary plastic waste by not plastic-wrapping your suitcase but rather reusable covers or non at all.

Next time if you need to get a new phone case get a biodegrade phone case. Some are made of bamboo or plant based materials. The usual plastic in cases is a huge waste.

Reflect and then refuse what you don’t need it if you face a decision: Avoid single use products and opt out for reusables.

Reduce what you do need: downsize and be mindful of what you really need. A more minimal lifestyle will also free you up and potentially improve your mental wellbeing.

Reuse by using reusables: keep items out of the landfill by keeping it in good condition, repairing it when it breaks and switching from disposable items for reusable and permanent alternatives.

Recycle what you can’t refuse, reduce, or reuse. Recycle plastic, paper, glass or metal that we cannot refuse, reduce, or reuse.

Change takes time and small steps of success are the key. We advise a 30-day challange of a specific goal: use no to-go coffee cup, drive less, use the bike, avoid meat or shop package-free food. Invite a friend or your family for further motivation.

Be a hero of society. If you see trash laying around, pick it up and dump it. Doing this once per day or week is already making a huge contribution. This can be done by your way to work or school.

An "ecobrick" is a durable building block or volume that is filled by a plastic bottle with non recyclable plastic. If you create a furniture, build,a wall or playgrounds for kids this is fill the inside with material and cover it nicely on the outside.

When you take away food from a restaurant, take away leftovers or take your own food to work consider to use a durable and reusable food container. By that you can decrease your waste a lot! Also great if you want to buy at a "package-free grocery store".

Mix 2/3 cup of rubbing alcohol (at least 90%, 99% is best) with 1/3 cup of Aloe Vera gel, and add a few drops of essential oil (the overall mix needs to be at least 60% alcohol to be effective). Then, just refill an old dispenser, bottle, or jar.

You can reuse your coffee ground to neutralise the air and reduce smell in areas that have this tendency: near the shoes or in the fridge. After that they can also be fully recycled as compost.

Don’t buy travel size toiletries since they are a huge plastic waste. Refill and reuse your own travel size containers instead of buying new ones.

This waste can easily end up in the ocean or in nature, eaten by animals that confuse them with food because they are so small. Either avoid a straw, use a bamboo or metal straw or try edible ones.

You can make a lot of impact over the longer period if you just always bring your own bag or trolley bag when going shopping for groceries. Placing one near the front door of your home makes you remember.

Whether you having a takeaway, are in the office, camping, on a plane, travelling or on a food market or festival, use your reusable cutlery kit to eat. Disposable cutlery is an unnecessary plastic waste.

Make a signal to consumer trend and advertising analytics that there is no need for unnecessary flyer, leaflets, free goodies and other advertising material.

Many coffee shops even offer great discounts if you don't use their disposable coffee cups. Save money and the planet at the same time. Due to the mixture of paper and plastic in their inner lining designed to make them leakproof it is very hard to recycle them.

Use electronics with rechargeable batteries and avoid single-use ones to safe money and most importantly reduce your waste. When they reach their end od the lifecycle you can recharge them in dedicated containers.

Nowadays there are many great eco-friendly office tools. If you look for Geometry tools there are great ones made from Bamboo, notebooks that are made from 100% recycled paper and pencils made from recycled material as well as FSC certified.