Live green: Act now! Spread the word at work, home, school and help save our living planet!!!
Greening tips
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Keep your kettle energy friendly
When using a kettle, only boil as much water as you need. It will save electricity and the water will boil faster. -
Switch off
Turn off lights when you don’t need them – it saves energy … and reduces your electricity bill! -
Use energy saving bulbs
Replace light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs – they can save up to 80% on your next electricity bill and last up to eight times longer. -
Recycle
Recycle everything you can’t reduce or reuse. -
Save paper
People worldwide use 1 million tonnes of paper every day. This puts huge pressure on the environment. -
Enjoy the sun
Turn your home into a clean power station by fitting solar panels on the roof of your house. -
Turn it off
Do not let the water run while shaving, brushing teeth or washing vegetables. Reuse water from washing vegetables to water house plants. -
Fix dripping taps
A tap dripping 45 times per minute wastes around 1 000 litres of water a month, the equivalent of 10 baths per year. Fix leaking taps and make sure they are fully turned off. -
Hang it out to dry
Electric clothes dryers are energy intensive, so if possible, dry your clothes on a clothes line outside in the sun. If this is not an option, drying through
spinning is 20 times less energy intensive than with heat.
