How To Help Our Planet

This week we celebrate Planet Earth! Woohoo!

There are many things that we can do in our everyday lives that can help the environment and diminish contamination. Simple yet effective things that if we all put our part, we can really make a difference.

Here are some ideas:

1. Buy local products

2. Buy second hand, reuse

3. Use renewable energy

4. Recycle

5. When you buy appliances, look for them to use efficient energy.

6. Use newspaper or other alternatives to wrap gifts

7. Change the light bulbs in your house to LED

8. Look for hybrid or battery alternatives when buying a car

9. Let's try to do “car pooling”

10. Turn off the water while you scrub the soap, then turn it on to rinse

When we decided to open The Pickup Place 8 years ago, one of the things that was important for us was being able to do put our part, to work in something that in the long run helps us all and diminishes contaminants in our planet. When you reuse you do just that! Promoting reutilization and making it more accessible for everyone who wants to do the same here in Puerto Rico was very important for us.

Tell us, what are some things that you do? Share more ideas on how we can be more eco-friendly.