Eco-Tip 21

Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 21

Buy in bulk. It may not sound environmentalist at first, but it is in so many ways. Imagine only going to the market once every month, your food never spoiling. How much would you save on gas? On packaging, from buying big containers rather than small? Now that situation is exaggerated, but many non-perishable items can be bought in bulk, saving considerable amounts of energy, like soda, vegetable oils, cereals, soap, shampoo, ink, paper, water (unless you've switched to tap like a good treehugger!) and more. Sooner or later you'll use all of whichever one of those items you have so there's no reason not to stock up. It's not necessary to fill a minivan with groceries as if your basement is about to serve as a nuclear bunker for three years for everyone on your block, but why make three trips on three separate days to the market to get 12-packs of soda when you can make one trip to the Coscto and get one big 36-pack? If you don't follow this tip for the environmental effect, at least do it because it's so convenient!