Never pour nail polish remover, chlorine bleach, medicine, paint or paint remover down the drain. Save them for safe disposal at Household Hazardous Waste Days. Practice the three R's - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Start an environment club in your neighbourhood or at school and share ideas to help solve environmental problems facing your community. Clean up after your pet.
Animal waste runs off lawns and curbs and contributes to pollution in the rivers and the harbour.
If you take lunch to school or work, use a re-usable plastic container and take home your lunch bag. If your area has a recycling program for newspapers, glass, plastic or cans, be sure to use it. Write letters to the editors of your local newspapers to make your views on the environmental issues known.