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There is nothing like the feeling of being a stranger in a strange land. You may voyage to India or France or you could be whisked away to Bismarck, North Dakota. No matter where your travels lead you, there are always opportunities to reduce waste. Here are five items that can help you reduce waste on your next journey.
- A Thermos
A thermos can do more than make you look like a tough construction worker, it can reduce the amount of waste that you generate wherever you go. Skip out on that wasteful bottled water. Fill up at soda fountains. Have your coffee and your latte poured directly into the thermos, and you’ll generate less trash. - A Towel
Never go anywhere without a towel. A towel can double as a pillow. There are some who swear by its effectiveness in hand-to-hand combat. However, a decent, fast-drying towel can save water. Bring your own and hotels will have fewer towels to wash. - A Lunch Box
Once you've arrived at your strange land, you should feel free to sample the local fare. But while you travel, a lunch box will be your only source of fresh, waste-free food. Airport restaurants can be particularly wasteful. You'd think that they'd try to green the place up on account of air travel's embarrassing carbon footprint. Even the food served on trains is overly packaged and wasteful. A lunch box filled with a few healthy, local meals will make it possible for you pass up all that fast food. And before you leave your strange land, pack a few sandwiches for the road. - A Few Kerchiefs
A kerchief is kind of like a towel, but smaller and usually reserved for grosser situations. Save paper by packing a kerchief for you nose, a kerchief for your napkin and a couple spare kerchiefs if the other kerchiefs get too grody. - GPS/Internet
Never waste gas and time getting lost again. Use the internet to find the places you'd like to go, and use GPS to guide you there. Some phones have both. But if you have to use a laptop and a dashboard GPS device, you'll still get there without getting lost.
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