Keeping the environment in mind when shopping is something we can all do to make our world healthier and safer and it’s often the simplest actions that have the greatest impact.

    You need to shop and you’re likely to be spending the rest of your life here on this planet. The choices you make in the first case can have direct effects on the quality of the latter. Here are 10 Tips for greener shopping:

    1. Buy in Bulk— Size matters. When you buy the largest quantity of a product you can use, you help reduce the waste in packaging. About one third of America’s trash is just the packages all our stuff came in and about 10 cents of every dollar we spend goes to pay for the packaging we throw away.

    2. Buy recycled products— If there were no market for recycled products, there would be no incentive to recycle. Buying products made from recycled materials closes the loop. Shop made from recycled products.

    3. Avoid single-use products— Disposable razors and cameras, plastic cups and plates — all good examples of the ways we enjoy convenience at the expense of the environment. All this stuff goes directly from the manufacturer to the landfill with only a brief stop at your home. Buy products that last (and don’t be afraid to do the dishes). Use cloth towels and napkins instead of the paper variety whenever possible and when you must use paper, make sure it’s made from 100% recycled material. Shop made from sustainable materials.

    4. Use rechargeable batteries— Conventional batteries contain cadmium and mercury and must be treated as hazardous waste. Rechargeable batteries last longer, cost less to use and help keep toxins out of the waste stream. Shop rechargeable batteries.

    5. Buy used or re-furbished products— Used books save trees and re-furbished electronics save you money. When you shop online auctions or buy used products at sites like Windows Live Expo, you’re doing your part to help minimize waste by maximizing use. Shop re-furbished products.

    6. Buy low-flow showerheads— Using aerators in your faucets and installing low-flow showerheads can cut your family’s water bills by 50% while helping to conserve our water supply.

    7. Buy energy-efficient appliances— When it’s time to replace a washer, dryer, refrigerator or any other household appliance, always look for the Energy Star label. It ensures that the product has met energy efficiency standards set by the EPA and Dept. of Energy. You’ll not only help reduce carbon emissions, but you’ll enjoy immediate savings on your power bill. Shop energy saving solutions.

    8. Buy compact fluorescent bulbs— This is one of the easiest things you can do to save energy and money. Compact fluorescent bulbs last ten times longer than the incandescent variety. Replacing three incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents saves $60 and 300 pounds of CO2 a year.

    9. Try organic and non-toxic alternatives to household chemicals and pesticides— According to the EPA, the average American home is 2-5 times more contaminated than the area just outside of it, mostly due to the presence and residues of household cleaners and pesticides. Americans currently use 80-million pounds of pesticides a year, most of which drains into streams or seeps into the water table. Shop for non-toxic cleaning products and organic pest-control solutions.

    10. Buy tires with a long lifespan or buy retreads— There are over 3-billion discarded tires in the U.S. with over 200-million more added each year. They pollute landfills, present a fire hazard and waste oil. When you shop for tires, look for the longest-wearing types you can find and keep them properly inflated to reduce wear and save gas. Retreading saves about 400-million gallons of oil each year.

    There are hundreds of other ways you can help reduce pollution, conserve resources and fight global climate change, but if even half of us did half the things on this list, the benefits would be enormous — now and for generations to come.

    在購物的時候能夠考慮到環保，這能使我們的世界變得更加健康和安全，這不過是舉手之勞對保護環境卻有巨大的推動作用。

    購gou物wu是shi日ri常chang生sheng活huo的de一yi部bu分fen，對dui於yu你ni來lai說shuo你ni需xu要yao他ta，你ni可ke能neng要yao在zai這zhe個ge星xing球qiu上shang度du過guo你ni的de餘yu生sheng
，你ni現xian在zai所suo做zuo的de抉jue擇ze將jiang直zhi接jie影ying響xiang你ni將jiang來lai的de生sheng活huo質zhi量liang。這zhe裏li有you10條建議，它能讓你的購物更加的環保。

    1.購買（大量）散裝的物品——量的多少問題。當你購買大量的你能用到的商品
，可以減少在包裝上麵的浪費。美國大約三分之一的垃圾來自這些包裝，在我們每消費1美元中就有10美分是花在這些我們要仍掉的包裝上的。

    2.購買可循環使用的產品——如ru果guo沒mei有you購gou買mai可ke循xun環huan產chan品pin的de市shi場chang，那na就jiu沒mei有you可ke循xun環huan利li用yong的de動dong機ji。購gou買mai那na些xie由you可ke循xun環huan的de材cai料liao做zuo成cheng的de商shang品pin就jiu達da到dao了le這zhe個ge目mu的de。買mai那na些xie可ke循xun環huan材cai料liao做zuo成cheng的de物wu品pin吧ba！

    3.少購買一次性產品——可任意使用的剃須刀、照相機
、塑料杯和塑料碟子-都是我們貪圖方便而破壞環境的例子。這些東西出廠後
，在你手上稍作停留，然後就直接變成垃圾。買那些可以長久使用的物品（不要害怕洗餐具）。用(yong)布(bu)做(zuo)的(de)毛(mao)巾(jin)和(he)餐(can)巾(jin)代(dai)替(ti)各(ge)種(zhong)各(ge)樣(yang)的(de)紙(zhi)巾(jin)。無(wu)論(lun)什(shen)麼(me)時(shi)候(hou)可(ke)能(neng)或(huo)者(zhe)不(bu)得(de)不(bu)用(yong)紙(zhi)巾(jin)，也(ye)必(bi)須(xu)確(que)定(ding)這(zhe)些(xie)紙(zhi)是(shi)由(you)百(bai)分(fen)百(bai)可(ke)循(xun)環(huan)的(de)材(cai)料(liao)製(zhi)造(zao)的(de)。

    4.用可充電的電池——常chang規gui的de電dian池chi含han有you鎘ge和he汞gong，必bi須xu以yi危wei險xian的de垃la圾ji標biao準zhun來lai處chu理li掉diao它ta。可ke充chong電dian電dian池chi壽shou命ming更geng加jia長chang久jiu，花hua費fei更geng少shao且qie不bu會hui給gei河he流liu帶dai來lai毒du物wu的de汙wu染ran。購gou買mai可ke充chong電dian的de電dian池chi吧ba！

    5.買二手的或者翻新的物品——用二手的書可以解救樹木，翻新的電器節省你的金錢。當你購買在線拍賣品或者在windows在線展覽中購買二手商品，你就通過使物品最大化的利用為減少汙染出了一份力。購買翻新的物品。

    6.購買水流小的淋浴噴頭——在龍頭中安裝通風發散裝置和安裝低流量的淋浴噴頭可以減少50%家庭水費的支出
，同時也促進了水資源的保存。

    7.用能量利用率高的用品——當你在換洗衣機、幹衣機、冰箱或者其他的家具的時候，始終要尋找那些貼有“能源之星”標(biao)簽(qian)的(de)。因(yin)為(wei)這(zhe)種(zhong)商(shang)品(pin)達(da)到(dao)了(le)美(mei)國(guo)環(huan)保(bao)署(shu)和(he)能(neng)源(yuan)部(bu)門(men)的(de)能(neng)源(yuan)效(xiao)率(lv)標(biao)準(zhun)。你(ni)這(zhe)樣(yang)做(zuo)不(bu)僅(jin)減(jian)少(shao)了(le)二(er)氧(yang)化(hua)碳(tan)的(de)釋(shi)放(fang)，而(er)且(qie)你(ni)將(jiang)享(xiang)受(shou)節(jie)約(yue)在(zai)能(neng)源(yuan)上(shang)的(de)花(hua)費(fei)而(er)得(de)到(dao)快(kuai)樂(le)。

    8.購買簡潔的日光燈——這使你所能做的節約能源和節省錢的最簡單的事之一。簡潔的日光燈壽命是白熾燈的10倍以上。用簡潔的日光燈每替換三個白熾燈，一年內可以節省60美元和300磅的二氧化碳排放。

    9.用天然的
、無公害的物品代替化學製品家具和殺蟲劑——按照美國環保署的說法，美國家庭中擁有的汙染物是其他國家和地區家庭的2至5倍，究其原因是家庭清潔劑和殺蟲劑用的比較多
，且留有很多殘餘物。當前美國一年要用8qianwanbangdeshachongji，dabufendouhuibeipairuheliuyijishenrudaodixiashuizhong。goumainaxiewuduhaideqingjiechanpinheliyongnaxietianrandehaichukekongdefangfalaixiaomiehaichong。

    10.買輪胎要選壽命長的或者翻新的——在美國每年要丟棄30億yi個ge輪lun胎tai且qie以yi每mei年nian兩liang億yi個ge的de數shu量liang遞di增zeng。它ta們men汙wu染ran了le垃la圾ji掩yan埋mai地di，帶dai來lai了le火huo災zai和he浪lang費fei了le石shi油you。當dang你ni買mai輪lun胎tai的de時shi候hou，要yao盡jin你ni所suo能neng買mai那na些xie最zui耐nai磨mo的de，並bing且qie保bao證zheng胎tai的de氣qi要yao足zu這zhe樣yang可ke以yi減jian少shao磨mo損sun和he節jie省sheng汽qi油you。通tong過guo胎tai麵mian翻fan新xin每mei年nian為wei美mei國guo節jie省sheng4億加侖的石油。

    還有上百種方法可以幫你減少汙染、節約能源和抵抗全球氣候變化，但是即便隻有一半的人來按照列表上的做，它的好處是無窮的——無論是對當代還是將來的子孫後代。