Did You Know?
Somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year, you can help reduce that number by using reusable shopping bags whenever possible, or if you take a plastic bag, be sure to recycle it.
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Most actions, retrofits, or updates are linked to outside resources to provide further information. Just click on a linked action, retrofit, or update to lean more.
This list is by no means exhaustive, but instead are suggestions that will help cut energy consumption, increase air quality, conserve and increase water quality, reduce material that is sent to landfills, and help all of us become more sustainable.
We encourage you to share your success with these actions and updates, or tips of your own, with us. Go to the "Share your Environmental Successes, Comments, or Questions ." box on the home page and click "Contact Us".
To nominate a business that has demonstrated a commitment to the environment send a detailed email to envcomments@cityofhouston.net (self-nomination accepted).
To nominate an individual(s) who has demonstrated a commitment to the environment please log onto www.houstonpowertopeople.com and click on "Hero of the Month" then "Nominate" (no self-nominations).
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