After completing my sustainable action calculator on recycling via the YouSustain website on recycling my results seemed pretty interesting. It is said that I could possibly save up to 3597 lb of CO2 Carbon emissions. My impact of savings per year is said to be 1.23 tons while the average person is 0 tons and the average member is 4.23 tons. We are very strict about recycling in our household and so is the Department of Sanitation as they do come around and check your garbage giving out huge fines if something isn't in the correct place. We recently had to reeducate ourselves about where certain things should go. I've attached my results so that you can view them.

Just roughly going through one of my daily routines I can name a few of my sustainability practices some may be good practices and others may not be that great. So I'm going to first start with one on the most important things for me in the morning, which is coffee. I used to keep disposable 1 time use coffee cup at home to take along with me on the go, I now have a stainless steel on the go coffee cup which comes in very handy. Before I leave the house I am sure to turn off all the lights to save electricity. I also use energy saving bulbs throughout the house. Also, although I have cases of water at home, I do carry a water bottle with me to work everyday and refill from our water fountains throughout the day.

I must say that I do drive to work everyday which may not be that good of practice. Living in NYC and riding public transportation gives me anxiety, so I'd say that transportation is something I may need to work on. At work we have various recycling bins for employees. I am sure to dispose of any trash in its designated area to ensure that maintenance doesn't have a hard time when emptying my waste basket. I try not to use much paper as we are using an electronic medical records system, but if I do have to use paper I usually hold it until the end of the day and throw everything into our shredder bin. Our shredder bin gets emptied every Thursday and the paper is discarded in the appropriate manner.