A timeless tip but a good one: Always bring reusable bags to the grocery store. According to EarthShare, if you grocery shop once a week, in five years' time, you'll have prevented anywhere from 250 to 1,000 grocery bags from getting into the landfills. But why only bring reusable bags to the grocery store? Use them at the hardware store, when you shop for clothes or at any store where you can opt out of using a bag. And if you forget, ask if the store can put your items in a cardboard box -- there are usually lots in the back -- and put it in the recycling bin as soon as you get home.

It's a well-known fact that houseplants are some of the best things to keep inside your home to purify the air. But having houseplants in every room of the house can be a little too much. Here's the good news: According to NASA, indoor plants absorb pollutants through their leaves and roots and make fresh air from it. In just 24 hours, they can remove 87 percent of the toxins in a room. So by moving houseplants room-to-room day by day, you can help purify the air throughout the whole house. Be sure they are placed in a sunny spot so they can thrive as you move them.

By 2017, the manufacturing and use of plastic microbeads will be banned. The tiny beads -- which are in beauty products designed to exfoliate -- have been polluting our waterways because they do not biodegrade. They are also mistaken for food by fish. Ban or no ban, top beauty experts agree: They never did a good job anyway. When looking for natural skin products, look for natural exfoliators like rice, apricot seeds, nutshells and bamboo to get your skin looking its best.