Sustainable Swaps and Ideas for your RV Lifestyle

Enjoy the pristine outdoors while reducing your environmental impact. Here are our best sustainable swaps and ideas for the RV lifestyle — small changes that add up over a season.

Swap single-use for reusable

Reusable plates, utensils and cups instead of disposables, and refillable containers instead of packaged ones.

Cut the energy you use

LED lighting, solar panels, energy-efficient appliances and better insulation all reduce what you draw — and driving a little slower on a well-planned route saves fuel as well as time.

Conserve water

Shorter showers, water-saving fixtures, and fixing the leaks. Grey water can be recycled for flushing and cleaning.

Choose eco-friendly products

Environmentally friendly cleaning agents, and biodegradable shampoo, toothpaste and soap.

Sort your waste

Recycle what can be recycled and compost the organics rather than sending everything to the campground bin.

Buy local

Shopping at local markets and from local farmers cuts the shipping emissions and supports the towns you’re passing through.

Leave no trace

Leave the campsite as if you were never there — and pass the habit on to the people camping next to you.

The longer version of this, with dry camping and an energy audit, is here: Sustainable Swaps and Ideas for your RV Lifestyle.