One of the biggest changes we made when we moved to Singapore was to green our lives. It was not a hard decision to make and following it up has not been too difficult. 4 months into our new lives in Singapore – here are some of the changes we have incorporated<\/p>\n
– Out with plastics<\/strong> – other than couple of plastic lunch containers for kuttyma we have moved away from plastics. Glass and stainless steel have taken over. I admit we have broken glass more often than I would like to but it works really well. We just threw out all the plastic boxes and I vowed never to buy them again<\/p>\n – Bye Bye Paper<\/strong> – Do you know how much paper products we use for cleaning? We just decided to stop buying kitchen towels and use cloth and sponge and it works perfectly<\/p>\n – Chemical Peels<\/strong> – I am using baking soda, vinegar and lemons for day-to-day cleaning of surfaces, floors, sinks, countertops etc. The heavy chemicals come out only once a week.<\/p>\n – No Car<\/strong> – the Singaporean lifestyle means owning no cars. From a 2 car family to a family with no car<\/p>\n – Going Local<\/strong> – I am making a sincere attempt to buy local veggies and fruits. It is easy because the wet markets here are usually flooded with local (Malaysian) produce.<\/p>\n – Air Drying<\/strong> – We have a dryer but I prefer to air dry clothes – less electricity – more green!<\/p>\n Here is to more green days and smaller carbon footprints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the biggest changes we made when we moved to Singapore was to green our lives. It was not a hard decision to make and following it up has not been too difficult. 4 months into our new lives in Singapore – here are some of the changes we have incorporated – Out with plastics – other than couple of plastic lunch containers for kuttyma we have moved away from plastics. Glass and stainless steel have taken over. I admit we have broken glass more often than I would like to but it works really well. We just threw out all the plastic boxes and I vowed never to buy them again – Bye Bye Paper – Do you know how much paper products we use for cleaning? We just decided to stop buying kitchen towels and use cloth and sponge and it works perfectly – Chemical Peels – I am using baking soda, vinegar and lemons for day-to-day cleaning of surfaces, floors, sinks, countertops etc. The heavy chemicals come out only once a week. – No Car – the Singaporean lifestyle means owning no cars. From a 2 car family to a family with no car – Going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[125,1120],"class_list":["post-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plastic-or-paper","tag-green","tag-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"\n