Green New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year from all of us at EcoSmart Products! Like many others, we rang in 2010 by singing the popular New Year’s Eve tune “Auld Lang Syne”, paying tribute to ‘times gone by’ and looking forward to new horizons. Some of us have made New Year’s resolutions to get to the gym more, eat desserts less, or volunteer more often. And as for our eco friendly pursuits? Here are our 5 favorite New Year’s resolutions for going green in 2010.

1. I will vanquish the phantom load. With the switch of a button on a power strip, I can stop wasting energy that is being sucked through the outlets by electronics and power chargers that are plugged in, but not in use.

2. I will be more dependable in remembering birthdays and bringing my own bags to the grocery store. It is estimated that plastic bags may take 1000 years to decompose in a landfill. Plus, they are made from petroleum.

3. (Of course) I will ‘mark’ the New Year by switching to the AusPen refillable, recyclable dry erase markers at work and school. One kit of 6 AusPen dry-erase markers and their refills is the equivalent of approximately 246 disposable markers, which end up in local landfills.

4. I will drink for free what bottled water companies are trying to sell me. In the United States alone approximately 50 billion plastic water bottles are consumed per year. A funky reusable stainless steel bottle should quench that thirst.

5.  I will shed some light on being energy-efficient with compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs). CFLs not only use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs, but they also last up to 10 times longer.

Happy New Year and all the best in 2010…and good luck with sticking with any resolutions you’ve made.