Avoid The Unnecessary

And be conservative.

Dish-washing soap: A little goes a long way, add a drop of dish washing soap to a small tub of water and use that as a source of soap, you will be amazed at how much just one bottle can last you if you're conservative about it. It's unnecessary to waste more than a few drops of soap every time you wash the dishes.

Same goes for the water; there's no need to have the sink running the whole time while you're washing dishes. Quickly rinse off dishes with water, turn the faucet off, scrub them down, and then wash them off. A heavy stream of water is unnecessary as well; you don't need to use a lot of water or soap. Main idea is to subtly lather the dishes with some soap and clean the food/junk off. You don't need dishes covered in soap suds that take a lot of water to wash off.

People tend to use more than necessary, it's usually because when there's an abundance of something available, they don't really think twice about using too much since there's enough to be wasted anyway. But in reality, there's not, and it's that kind of careless thinking and attitude that leads to a lot of the wastefulness of our planets' resources. People won't be cautious with the usage of something, until the availability of that one thing is truly limited; until the last drops of water have been distributed, will we try to conserve it and every drink and bath will be valued and appreciated more. Just like the simple warmth of a blanket is appreciated, after you've been stranded out in the cold with nothing to keep warm. Sometimes we need to lose something, to realize and appreciate what we have...

Paper: People use paper, when there's plenty of less wasteful and cost efficient alternatives. For example, excessive use of paper towels, when you can just use a cloth that can be washed and re-used. Diapers as well; they are costly and can be wasteful, when you can just use cloth diapers. Main idea is recycle and re-use, don't waste.

Pretty much any household item and just resources in general can be conserved more and replaced with less wasteful alternatives.

Please be considerate and remember to recycle and re-use.