You can save 1088 kg of CO₂ per year by recycling just half of your household waste.

Plant a tree! One tree can absorb one ton of CO₂ during its lifetime, offsetting 3,218km of car travel.

Reduce Hot Water Use. Wash your clothes in cold or warm water and save up to 227 kg of CO₂ each year.

Help light up the world! Replace your regular bulb with a CFL bulb and save 68kg of CO₂ a year.

If one in 20 gym-goers switches to a reusable water bottle instead of buying a bottle of water for every workout, we could save 13,154,179kg of plastic.

Try vintage. Buying a shirt the second time around means you avoid consuming all the energy used in producing and shipping a new one. Invite friends over for a closet swap -- everyone brings a few items to trade. It's easy on the environment—and your wallet!

The average desktop computer, not including the monitor, consumes from 60 to 250 watts a day. A computer that is in use four hours a day and turned off the rest of the time would reduce the machine's CO₂ emissions 83%, to just 63 kg a year.

Use worn out t-shirts, towels and bed linens as rags for cleaning around the house. Pass along unwanted clothes to friends, family or charitable organizations.

Buy more recycled paper. It uses 60% less energy than virgin paper. Each ton purchased saves 4,000 kW-h of energy, 26,497 litres of water and 17 trees. And a tree has the capacity to filter up to 27 kg of pollutants from the air.

Wrap your water heater in a sweater! An insulated blanket could save 113 kg of CO₂ emissions annually.