Make sure your hot-water tank is dressed correctly. A British Standard lagging jacket costs £10 and the insulation for the pipe leading to the hot-water tank from the boiler costs £3 a metre. The yearly saving on your bill: £15–20.
Avoid disposable batteries. Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones – they’ll save you money in the long term. You can buy solar powered rechargers if you want to reduce your environmental impact even further.
Cut the cost of cleaning. Add lemon juice (59p for 250 ml), soda crystals (51p a kilo) and bicarbonate of soda (44p for 200g) to your shopping basket to get your taps sparkling, dissolve grease, and shift stains on your … Continue reading
Cut the cost of cleaning. Add lemon juice (59p for 250 ml), soda crystals (51p a kilo) and bicarbonate of soda (44p for 200g) to your shopping basket to get your taps sparkling, dissolve grease, and shift stains on your … Continue reading
Turn the lights off when you leave the room. It is a myth that they use more energy to start back up – a fluorescent light bulb left on for 15 mins uses 500 times more energy than it would … Continue reading
Stick at 70 mph on motorways instead of cruising at 80–85 mph. Not only is it illegal, but fuel costs can go up by as much as 4p a mile for small cars. According to the Slower Speeds Initiative, driving … Continue reading
Save cash with each cuppa. Just boil the amount of water you need for one cup of tea, rather than half a kettle full.
For one journey a week, don’t use the car. Cycle or walk instead and get some exercise. Average cost of a gym session: £3.80. Cost of pedalling fast to work: nothing!
DAILY MASS READINGS
Unplug the phone charger. According to O2 only 5% of the energy used by the UK’s mobile phone chargers is actually used to charge phones. The other 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions just go into the atmosphere.
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