Avoid high speeds

For every mile-per-hour over 55 mph, the average car or truck loses almost two percent in gas mileage, wasting billions of gallons of gasoline in the U.S. each year.

Paint and Hobby Supplies

There are some items around the house that are dangerous if they are just thrown away with the regular garbage. These items can damage the environment and injure plant and animal life.

Painting supplies

• Acrylic paint
• Oil-based paint
• Latex paint
• Paint stripper
• Model airplane paint
• Paint thinner
• Turpentine
• Mineral spirits
• Artists thinners, mediums

Hobby supplies

• Chemistry sets
• Resins, fiberglass, epoxy
• Glues and cements
• Rubber cement thinner
• Photographic chemicals
• Wood preservatives and solutions

Your local waste management agency has information on how to properly dispose of these items.

Garage and Garden Supplies

There are some items around the house that are dangerous if they are just thrown away with the regular garbage. These items found in garages and gardens can damage the environment and injure plant and animal life.

Garage supplies

• Antifreeze
• Chrome polish
• Automotive cleaner
• Diesel fuel
• Auto body filler
• Engine degreaser
• Automatic transmission fluid
• Gasoline
• Brake fluid
• Kerosene, lamp oil or camp stove fuel
• Carburetor cleaner
• Lubricating oil
• Car batteries
• Motor oil
• Car wax

Garden Supplies

• Fungicides
• Soil fumigants
• Herbicides
• Snail and slug poison
• Insecticides
• Vegetation killer
• Rat, mouse, gopher poison
• Weed killer

Your local waste management agency has information on how to properly dispose of these items. Learn more about safer alternatives to some household products by visiting the Savemors' house next to the school!

Home Cleaning and Household Supplies

There are some items around the house that are dangerous if they are just thrown away with the regular garbage. These items can damage the environment and injure plant and animal life.

Cleaning supplies

• Dry cleaning fluid
• Moth balls and flakes
• Furniture or floor polish
• Rug cleaners
• Household cleansers
• Spot removers
• Metal polish

Household supplies

• Aerosol cans
• Lighter fluid
• Batteries
• Mercury thermometers
• Butane lighters
• Pet shampoo
• Prescription Drugs
• Shampoo for lice
• Flea powder
• Shoe dye and polish
• Fluorescent lamp tubes

Your local waste management agency has information on how to properly dispose of these items. Learn more about safer alternatives to some household products by visiting the Savemors' house next to the school!