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17 "Green" Ideas That Seem Small But Could Make A Huge Difference

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1. This university (specifically, Montana State), which gives students free notepads made out of recycled scrap paper:

2. This can is resealable, making it an alternative to plastic bottles that can be reused pretty much indefinitely.

3. This Italian restaurant uses uncooked pasta instead of straws.

4. This water fountain not only refills reusable water bottles, but also keeps count of how much waste from plastic bottles it has helped prevent.

5. This plastic bag suggests ways you can reuse it since recycling them can be tricky.

6. Same with this cardboard box, which suggests creative ways to reuse it if you're not going to recycle right away.

7. This shipping bag is just straight-up compostable.

8. And this playground reused old tires for mulch.

9. This train station has a recycling bin specifically for chewing gum.

10. This grocery store wrapped its vegetables in other leaves to avoid using paper or plastic containers.

11. This university building uses collected and filtered rainwater to use for toilets.

12. This hotel includes a little timer in the shower so you can keep track of how much water you're using.

13. This computer packaging was made from recycled plastic, with 25% of it having been collected from oceans.

14. This university cafeteria has a sorting bin specifically for recycling/composting pizza boxes, which are often not recyclable through traditional processes.

15. This online retailer uses actual popcorn (or recycled paper) instead of styrofoam "popcorn" for packaging.

16. This highlighter is actually a fountain pen, which means it's refillable and won't be thrown away when it runs out.

17. And finally, this envelope is biodegradable and ALSO embedded with flower seeds, so it'll grow plants as it composts.