What You Can Do to Help our Watershed
In Your Home
 | Don't let the water run! Fix leaks and install water saving faucets
and shower heads. |
| Choose environmentally friendly household cleaners. Many brands such
as Seventh Generation are available at most health food stores. Ask your
grocery store to carry them too. |
| Maintain your septic tank to prevent leaks from polluting nearby waters. |
In Your Yard
| Don't use fertilizers with phosphorous and/or nitrogen. High amounts
of these make their way to water reservoirs causing an unnaturally high
increase in plant growth, thereby, filling in the water. |
In Your Community
| Don't dump used oil, antifreeze, or any chemicals into the storm drain or
street. Recycle them! Kalamazoo County has a hazardous waste
drop-off location.
www.kalcounty.com/recycling/hazwaste.htm |
| Recycle batteries! The Hazardous Waste Dept. will take them as well
as Radio Shack stores. |
| Cell phones in landfills are rapidly becoming a major pollutant. Be
sure to reuse or recycle old cell phones. The Kalamazoo Hazardous Waste
Dept. collects them. Also, Students Protecting Animals (SPA) on WMU's
campus is collecting them as a fundraiser. SPA:
www.rso.wmich.edu/spa |
| Tune up your car and check for leaks. Also try walking, biking, and
using mass transit. |
| Use your curbside recycling program or county drop-off locations to
recycle all you can.
www.rso.wmich.edu/sse/recycling.htm |
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