Do's and Don'ts

Do's

• Use mug instead of running tap while brushing teeth.
• While watering plants, instead of running hose, use water cane.
• Use a toilet flush which consumes less water.
• Carry cloth,jute or paper bag to the market.
• Use dustbin for garbage disposal.
• Plant a garden. Even in urban settings, you can grow herbs and flowers in pots.
• Wear extra-layer of clothes at home instead of turning up the heater.
• While shaving, use mug instead running hose.
• If you have a choice, pick paper bags over plastic bags
• at the grocer and elsewhere if you do take plastic bags, wash and reuse them.

Don'ts

• While taking bath, don't use shower run for long.
• Don't allow water overflow from the over head tank.
• Don’t buy loud crackers during Deepawali.
• For washing floor,Don't use running hose use mop and bucket.
• Don't junk things break rather think to fix them.
• Avoid unnecessary use of lights and fans.
• Don't louder the volume of your TV, radio and music system.
• Never leave food residue in your plate uneaten.
• Don't over packaged’ goods and foods. Containers and packaging make up about a quarter of the waste stream

Do's

• Do you really need to drive a car everywhere? Walk to work, or ride a bicycle
• Carpool. Two - or four - can ride as cheaply as one.
• Get a valid pollution under control certificate from authorized testing centre.
• Clean up your act. Keep automobiles fuel filters clean and save the fuel.
• Clean the air filter and oil filter regularly.
• Clean the carbon deposit from silencer.
• Maintain recommended tyre pressure.

Don'ts

• Don't use extensively your private vehicles,try to use public transportation whenever possible.
• Avoid congested road and rush hours.
• Don’t idle away energy. Beyond one minute, it is more fuel - efficient to restart your car
• Don't forget to Keep your vehicle tuned up. When a vehicle is running well, it uses nine per cent less fuel and thus emits fewer toxic and noxious fumes.
• Don't try to replicate mechanical works and experiment with your car.
• Don't forget to replace your old battery with new battery when it required.
• Don't use clutch pedal as footrest.

Do's

• Reuse of water whenever possible, Kitchen water can be used for watering the plants
• Plan your kitchen activity to avoid wastage of fuel and water.
• Fix leaks promptly. A dripping joint can waste more than 76 liters of water a day.
• Take showers instead of baths. Showers use less water - if you limit them to five minutes. Install low-flow shower-heads.
• Plastic materials can be a murder weapons for wildlife, minimise their use. Blown from land and roadsides, they often end up in the water, where they can entangle and kill birds and fishes.
• Use sprinkler for irrigation.
• Use scientific method of application fertilizers.
• While shaving, use mug instead running hose.
• Run your dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer only when you have full loads. · When possible, use an outdoor clothesline instead of a clothes dryer.

Don'ts

• Don't keep on the tap running while having, bath, brushing teeth, or washing dishes it wastes about 2 liters of water every minute.
• Don’t hose down your lawn or corridor to clean it. Sweep it off.
• Don’t wash the clothes and kitchen utensils in the water bodies.
• Don’t litter. When camping, keep the areas clean.
• Avoid throwing flowers, sweets, puja materials into a river. It will degrade the quality of water. The river wont be happy with this.
• Avoid throughing dead bodies in a river. This will ultimately landing in the mouth of dogs, vultures & other animals.Do you like it to happen with your bodies.
• Never dump anything into the water bodies.
• Avoid use of weedicides

Do's

• Always maintain your motor vehicle and its exhaust silencer in proper condition.    
• Ensure that your Diesel Generator Set is provided with acoustic
• enclosure which gives a reduction of a minimum 25 dBA (as per the provisions of the Govt. of India notification GSR 371(E), dated May 17,2002.
• Ask for copy of valid type approval certificate from the dealer while purchasing portable petrol/kerosene generator sets (as per Govt. of India notification viz. GSR 742(E), dated September 25, 2000, which prescribes noise standards for petrol/kerosene generator sets).
• Keep the volume of the loudspeaker or sound amplification system low so as not to annoy your neighbors.
• Ensure that the sound from your music system is played at volume which does not disturb your neighbor.
• Play fire-crackers only outdoors in large open areas and community level.
• Purchase only those fire-crackers that comply the noise standards as provided by the Govt. of India regulation GSR 682(E),dated October 5, 1999.

Don'ts

• Avoid using horns except at emergencies.
• Avoid use of multi toned/air horns in your vehicle.
• Do not install Diesel Generator Sets without prior approval of the competent authority, if required by local laws.
• Avoid use of loudspeaker in the open.
• Do not use loudspeaker or any sound amplification system between 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M., except in closed premises.
• Do not make your neighbor a captive listener to your music system.
• Do not play fire-crackers between 10:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M.

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