Hopefully that bag isn’t made out of organic cotton. (Credit: Vasiliy Ptitsyn/Shutterstock)

We all care about the environment at least a tiny bit. Some
of us more than others. But there are things a few of us do with the best
intentions that, it turns out, fall somewhere between not helpful and
completely counterproductive. Here are some of the worst offenders and how to
avoid them.

Recycling something “just in case”

Yeah, sadly, “aspirational
recycling” is not helpful at all. Although