Sustainable Development in Malaysia

BECOMING A GREEN MEMBER IN FAMILY,

ISN’T SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVERYDAY

For more than 100 years, we have been use and produce waste from any types of material through household. BUT, is as easy as making changes to home activities and shopping habits, try these tips to get into green family.

1.  Buy food without polystyrene

Bring your own Tupperware. Polystyrene contains the toxic substances styrene and benzene, causing some toxins to be absorbed into our bloodstream and tissue.

2.  Focus on reduce rather than recycling

You can just use old clothes as wiping cloth rather than buy it.

3.  Find substitute for plastic grocery bag

Bring your own recycle bag which valuable at RM0.99 (giant) during shopping. Keep it in car for everyday use.

4.  Don’t buy mineral water bottle

Bring your own bottle instead of buying mineral bottle. Bottle water cost RM 3,500 times the price of tap water.

5.  Keep your sauce bottle as herbs container

Wash the sauces bottle before use. You can also do decoration to the container.

6.  Remember to recycling material such as food cans

Recycling food cans such as MILO and condensed milk can. Families with baby use a lot of milk cans.

7.  Make shoes box as your make up/cd storage

Give your room make over by reused shoes box as storage for makeup or stationery tools.

8.  Teach your kids about recycling

Yes definitely!!Teach them what type of material can be recycle and what the best is doing the activities.

9.  Don’t delay, start today

The most important is to have commitment to be green family, start today, not tomorrow or day after tomorrow.

10.  Shopping at GREEN market

They committed to encourage customer to go green.