If you are reading this is because, somehow, you feel that you must protect the planet. You do not need to join greenpeace, or you go to manifestations. It is not necessary to deprive you of the pleasures of life, everybody likes to consume, but we must do it intelligently. The small changes do great things.
Buying recycled things: For example notebooks made of recycled sheets, you won't not notice the difference and you will be helping to preserve woods and forests. Look at the packaging of products you purchase, and look for the logo of recycling.
Buy recyclable things: Verify that the products you purchase, can be recycled, or at least that they're durable and can be used many times. Remember that the more times you use something, you produce less garbage. Find the recyclable logo on the packaging.
Lower consumption: It does not mean that you don't buy what you like. Before you buy something, think only a few seconds. Do you really need or it's just a caprice ? Maybe you already have one, and it would be sufficient to send it to repair. If you are going to replace some clothes or some electronic device, think about donating what you no longer use but still works, many people can not afford to buy a new one, and you produce less garbage.
Separate your garbage: It is not very difficult, you don't need to get your hands dirty with garbage, nobody likes that. Sorts garbage in plastic, glass, metal, paper and organic waste, and before discarding something, only look the material ist's done. Public clean employee usually lead to a recycling plant and win a few money.
Investigates: If you think this is not enough, investigates if there is local recycling plants, and what is recycled there. You can take your grbage to recycle and earn some money.
Change: You must not criticize every body for not recycling, nobody likes to be criticizen. You must be subtle, and let people to see alone the importance of recycling. Start changing your children, among smaller better, your partner. You can implement recycling programs in your place of work or study. But remember that you must change first, and please do not hostigues the people with this topic.