these are things we all do everyday
without knowing how much damage they do
to the planet welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 things you didn’t know
we’re bad for the environment
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at the everyday things we do
that are hurting our planet
these can be shopping habits eating
habits or using toxic and harmful
materials without even knowing it I’ll
take you on the soy number 10
sending biodegradable to landfills this
is not so much bad for the environment
as it is a missed opportunity many items
we throw away are better suited to
composting than a landfill this includes
fruit and vegetable peels eggshells
coffee grounds some tea bags and even
used napkins and paper towels and it
turns out that composting at home is
much easier than most people think a
composting bin can be as simple as a
container with a lid under your sink
once you see by how much composting
reduces your trash volume you will be
amazed and gardeners will love the high
quality soil composting produces number
9 eating soy so it may not have as mass
of an impact of meat growing and
consuming soy can also be
environmentally unfriendly much of the
soy in products like soy milk and soy
tofu may be genetically modified which
is already a controversial issue itself
who decided that everyone here likes
tofu in the first place and what is tofu
anyway and it’s often imported from
places that may have lacks environmental
regulations meaning the pesticides and
herbicides used are probably unregulated
Fairtrade lenders deployments because
these pesticides can be very harmful to
the environment and to human health
yeah is that true additionally as with
most cash crops massive areas are often
deforested to grow soybeans as an
alternative try choosing soy that’s not
GMO and other protein substitutes like
chickpeas and lentils number eight using
shampoo and soaps with sulfate I wash my
hair with adult formula shampoo
inexpensive and effective foaming agent
sodium laureth sulfate or SLES is found
in many cosmetic and hygiene products
these sulfates feel good on your skin
and can make you feel extra clean
however what feels good on your face
doesn’t necessarily feel good to mother
nature so face our non biodegradable and
thus can build up and stay in the
environment for long periods of time
they may also be contaminated with
traces of 1 4 dioxane this substance is
labeled by the EPA as a probable human
carcinogen so buyer beware
number 7 washing your face with
microbeads used for removing dead skin
cells plastic exfoliating microbeads are
terrible for the environment these tiny
plastic products are found in facial
cleansers toothpastes and many other
hygiene and cosmetic products the beef
provides some grit to cleansers which
helps the cleaning agents do their work
but microbeads are so small but they
pass through sewage filters and end up
in lakes rivers and oceans once there
these plastic pieces pollute the waters
and are consumed by fish and other
aquatic animals humans may also ingest
them accidentally in fact they’re so bad
that the u.s. signed a bill to phase out
the selling and distribution of products
containing microbeads by 2018 number 6
throwing out your ink cartridges and
batteries biodegradable aren’t the only
things that don’t belong in landfills
common household batteries contain small
but significant amounts of mercury acid
lead nickel lithium and/or cadmium when
a battery is thrown out instead of
recycled these chemicals will slowly
disintegrate their casing and leak out
into the environment leading to
contaminated soil water fish and birds
likewise ink cartridges contaminate the
soil and can cause long-term problems
not to mention the fact that making just
one little ink cartridge uses two and a
half ounces of oil fortunately many
places are making it easy to recycle
batteries and ink cartridges number five
overlooking plastic packaging
the materials we use to package our food
have a huge impact on the environment
think about what you ate today most of
it was likely packaged in plastic water
is bottled in plastic eat is wrapped in
plastic candy comes in plastic and we
use plastic to bag our vegetables what’s
worse is the fact that this is limited
to food but also includes many other
goods we buy every day a large portion
of these wrappings and packages end up
in landfills and out in the environment
using recyclable bags for produce and to
carry goods home is one way to start
helping number for eating conventionally
farmed meat I feel like I’m holding raw
meat as many already know the meat
industry is tough on the ecosystem over
fifty percent of the world’s human
caused greenhouse gas emissions can be
attributed to animals like sheep buffalo
camels pig poultry and cattle being
raised for food in vast areas of forests
are cleared to both allow for grazing
and to grow crops to feed these animals
over grazing of cattle has led to major
soil depletion and climate pollution and
so we can start growing our hotdogs in
labs if we want to have less of an
impact on the environment our best
option is so simply eat less meat
number three moisturizing with palm oil
according to the estimates of some
sources palm oil is actually in nearly
half the things we buy like many health
and beauty products although the typical
amount of oil yielded from palm sources
is impressive it can’t keep up with the
massive growth and demand this in turn
has led to unsustainable production
practices large areas are deforested in
order to build palm oil plantations and
smoke from these deforestation causes
serious health and environmental issues
throughout Southeast Asia it may be
difficult to avoid this product but we
can look for brands labeled sustainable
number two boiling the kettle most of us
love coffee and tea but most of us don’t
know that to boil a kettle of water
actually requires a lot of power
some say enough power to light a whole
house so when we aren’t paying attention
to when our water comes to a boil or if
we don’t measure the
exact amount we need we are wasting a
surprising amount of energy depending on
where you live this energy can be coming
from things like coal or natural gas
luckily there are energy efficient
kettles and kettles that measure how
much water is needed for a cup of tea or
coffee before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
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number one buying Jean’s jeans of a
clothing choice of millions because they
look good and they’re comfortable to
wear but do you know how many resources
go into making them according to Levi’s
more than 3700 liters of water are used
over the lifecycle of a single pair of
jeans some people estimate even more
with more than 6,000 liters just for the
cotton in one pair and most Americans
own up to 7 pairs of jeans if they
didn’t last so long we’d be putting an
even greater strain on our already water
starved environment so let your jeans
wear out of it because buying a new pair
can be very bad for the planet do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
without knowing how much damage they do
to the planet welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 things you didn’t know
we’re bad for the environment
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at the everyday things we do
that are hurting our planet
these can be shopping habits eating
habits or using toxic and harmful
materials without even knowing it I’ll
take you on the soy number 10
sending biodegradable to landfills this
is not so much bad for the environment
as it is a missed opportunity many items
we throw away are better suited to
composting than a landfill this includes
fruit and vegetable peels eggshells
coffee grounds some tea bags and even
used napkins and paper towels and it
turns out that composting at home is
much easier than most people think a
composting bin can be as simple as a
container with a lid under your sink
once you see by how much composting
reduces your trash volume you will be
amazed and gardeners will love the high
quality soil composting produces number
9 eating soy so it may not have as mass
of an impact of meat growing and
consuming soy can also be
environmentally unfriendly much of the
soy in products like soy milk and soy
tofu may be genetically modified which
is already a controversial issue itself
who decided that everyone here likes
tofu in the first place and what is tofu
anyway and it’s often imported from
places that may have lacks environmental
regulations meaning the pesticides and
herbicides used are probably unregulated
Fairtrade lenders deployments because
these pesticides can be very harmful to
the environment and to human health
yeah is that true additionally as with
most cash crops massive areas are often
deforested to grow soybeans as an
alternative try choosing soy that’s not
GMO and other protein substitutes like
chickpeas and lentils number eight using
shampoo and soaps with sulfate I wash my
hair with adult formula shampoo
inexpensive and effective foaming agent
sodium laureth sulfate or SLES is found
in many cosmetic and hygiene products
these sulfates feel good on your skin
and can make you feel extra clean
however what feels good on your face
doesn’t necessarily feel good to mother
nature so face our non biodegradable and
thus can build up and stay in the
environment for long periods of time
they may also be contaminated with
traces of 1 4 dioxane this substance is
labeled by the EPA as a probable human
carcinogen so buyer beware
number 7 washing your face with
microbeads used for removing dead skin
cells plastic exfoliating microbeads are
terrible for the environment these tiny
plastic products are found in facial
cleansers toothpastes and many other
hygiene and cosmetic products the beef
provides some grit to cleansers which
helps the cleaning agents do their work
but microbeads are so small but they
pass through sewage filters and end up
in lakes rivers and oceans once there
these plastic pieces pollute the waters
and are consumed by fish and other
aquatic animals humans may also ingest
them accidentally in fact they’re so bad
that the u.s. signed a bill to phase out
the selling and distribution of products
containing microbeads by 2018 number 6
throwing out your ink cartridges and
batteries biodegradable aren’t the only
things that don’t belong in landfills
common household batteries contain small
but significant amounts of mercury acid
lead nickel lithium and/or cadmium when
a battery is thrown out instead of
recycled these chemicals will slowly
disintegrate their casing and leak out
into the environment leading to
contaminated soil water fish and birds
likewise ink cartridges contaminate the
soil and can cause long-term problems
not to mention the fact that making just
one little ink cartridge uses two and a
half ounces of oil fortunately many
places are making it easy to recycle
batteries and ink cartridges number five
overlooking plastic packaging
the materials we use to package our food
have a huge impact on the environment
think about what you ate today most of
it was likely packaged in plastic water
is bottled in plastic eat is wrapped in
plastic candy comes in plastic and we
use plastic to bag our vegetables what’s
worse is the fact that this is limited
to food but also includes many other
goods we buy every day a large portion
of these wrappings and packages end up
in landfills and out in the environment
using recyclable bags for produce and to
carry goods home is one way to start
helping number for eating conventionally
farmed meat I feel like I’m holding raw
meat as many already know the meat
industry is tough on the ecosystem over
fifty percent of the world’s human
caused greenhouse gas emissions can be
attributed to animals like sheep buffalo
camels pig poultry and cattle being
raised for food in vast areas of forests
are cleared to both allow for grazing
and to grow crops to feed these animals
over grazing of cattle has led to major
soil depletion and climate pollution and
so we can start growing our hotdogs in
labs if we want to have less of an
impact on the environment our best
option is so simply eat less meat
number three moisturizing with palm oil
according to the estimates of some
sources palm oil is actually in nearly
half the things we buy like many health
and beauty products although the typical
amount of oil yielded from palm sources
is impressive it can’t keep up with the
massive growth and demand this in turn
has led to unsustainable production
practices large areas are deforested in
order to build palm oil plantations and
smoke from these deforestation causes
serious health and environmental issues
throughout Southeast Asia it may be
difficult to avoid this product but we
can look for brands labeled sustainable
number two boiling the kettle most of us
love coffee and tea but most of us don’t
know that to boil a kettle of water
actually requires a lot of power
some say enough power to light a whole
house so when we aren’t paying attention
to when our water comes to a boil or if
we don’t measure the
exact amount we need we are wasting a
surprising amount of energy depending on
where you live this energy can be coming
from things like coal or natural gas
luckily there are energy efficient
kettles and kettles that measure how
much water is needed for a cup of tea or
coffee before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one buying Jean’s jeans of a
clothing choice of millions because they
look good and they’re comfortable to
wear but do you know how many resources
go into making them according to Levi’s
more than 3700 liters of water are used
over the lifecycle of a single pair of
jeans some people estimate even more
with more than 6,000 liters just for the
cotton in one pair and most Americans
own up to 7 pairs of jeans if they
didn’t last so long we’d be putting an
even greater strain on our already water
starved environment so let your jeans
wear out of it because buying a new pair
can be very bad for the planet do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
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