Going Green

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Paying bills online saves time, postage and trees. If everyone switches to online banking, we'll cut 1.6 billion tons of waste and 2.1 million tons of CO2 a year!

Save energy and increase the life of your computer by putting it to sleep (hibernate) during the day instead of using screensavers. At night, turn it off completely.

Take your own ceramic coffee mug each time you go get coffee. Think of all the paper cups you'll prevent from ending up in the landfill.

Use power strips to conserve energy. One flick of the switch cuts off energy to several different electronic devices--as if they were all unplugged at once.

Give your car a tune-up. It improves mileage and reduces pollution. Every 100,000 people who get their vehicles tuned-up this year will eliminate 60 tons of CO2.

Drive green. Save 55 gallons of gas a year and prevent 1,200 lbs of CO2 by maintaining a steady driving pace and choosing routes with the least idling.