Step 1: Pack as little as you can. Extra weight in your luggage requires extra fuel to transport.
Step 2:
Bring along reusable travel-size toiletries and don’t throw them out when you’re done with them. Instead, bring back the little bottles and refill them with your own shampoo, conditioners and lotions to reduce waste.
Step 3:
Borrow a big piece of luggage instead of buying one. If you don’t use luggage routinely, its cheaper and more eco-friendly to borrow a bag instead of buying a new one.
Step 4:
Pack clothing that can be used for a variety of activities, such as sandals that you can wear in the shower or on the beach or convertible pants that can be used as trousers. Take quick-drying, wrinkle-resistant clothing for easy laundering.
Step 5:
Bring reusable items to create less waste in your destination, recommends the online site Green-Travel: a water bottle, rechargeable batteries and a charger and a reusable shopping bag.
Step 6:
Put your travel guides and trip reading on an e-book reader. Add newspapers and magazine subscriptions. Carbon emissions from e-books are offset within the first year of use, notes Irene Lane of the green travel site Greenloons, and they decrease your use of paper and baggage weight.
Step 7:
Take pictures of everyday items such as ATMs, bathroom signs, cabs, food, train stations and the like on your phone or digital camera, and use these as a means around the language barrier if you are traveling internationally. Point to what you need, meanwhile saving weight and paper compared to a large language book.
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