Painting your house? Use a latex paint. Oil-based paints release hydrocarbon fumes.
Get a tune-up. Properly maintained vehicles get better gas mileage and emit fewer pollutants.
Don’t top off your gas tank. Overfilling causes spills that release hydrocarbons and other toxic chemicals into the air.
Use less fertilizer on your lawn. When it rains, excess fertilizer runs off into storm sewers and pollutes streams.
Never pour anything – especially waste oil or leftover lawn chemicals – into a storm drain. It will end up in the nearest stream.
Don’t trash our streams. Volunteer groups sponsoring annual cleanups find everything from old tires to old appliances in our waterways.
Recycle. If your community does not offer a recycling program, ask local officials to start one.
Don’t put hazardous materials in the trash. Save paints, pesticides, lawn chemicals, car batteries, waste oil and similar materials for your local household hazardous waste collection day