Did you know that waste sent to landfills increases 25 percent during the holiday season? That’s why the township of North Brunswick believes it’s so important to go green this holiday season. There are countless ways to reduce your consumption while you protect our local landfills and environment near your apartment in North Brunswick.
Reduce
According to the EPA, added food waste, shopping bags, packaging, Christmas trees, greeting cards, and wrapping paper all add an additional 1 million tons of waste to our landfills per week. That’s why it’s so important that we reduce our impact and help keep the New Brunswick community clean and healthy. Consider buying gifts with less packaging, wrapping gifts with reusable fabric instead of paper, and using a potted Christmas tree that can be replanted after the holidays.
Reuse
Reusing your current resources instead of throwing them away can even help you save time and money this holiday season. Save your gift boxes and gift bags and reuse them next year, or use old newspapers or recycled wrapping paper to decorate your gifts. You could also cut old holiday cards into fun shapes and use as gift tags or decorations. Additionally, one million plastic bags are given out every minute, so consider bringing a reusable shopping bag for each of your shopping trips.
Recycle
Almost everything used during the holiday season can be recycled. Recycle all your gift boxes, packaging material, greeting cards, envelopes, and non-metallic wrapping paper. You can also recycle the cardboard rolls under your wrapping paper and plastic cups with the recycle symbol and numbers 1-7. This holiday season, every little bit helps to make the community cleaner and healthier near your apartment in North Brunswick.