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Cleaning our clothes, while necessary, is a potential mine-field for the environmentally-aware individual. From the water and power that we use to the chemicals we flush into the water system there are a huge number of improvements that can be made to the “standard” way of washing your clothes to make [...]
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As summer draws to a close it’s natural that we start to think of the cold weather coming our way over the next few months. Gone will be the flip flops and shorts and out will come the coats and jumpers. It’ll only be so long until you put your [...]
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I’m always keen to find new ways to be more eco friendly but I’ve always struggled with the concept of organic box schemes. The premium price tag and the lack of flexibility have always been such a turn off that I’ve never really seriously considered them.
Until last week.
Reading I was quite [...]
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Air source heat pumps work by absorbing heat from outside to provide heat for underfloor heating systems, heat radiators, and even for providing hot water for your home. It uses the same principle as refrigerators that extract heat from inside to make it possible to achieve a colder temperature to preserve [...]
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We live in a world of pollution. From oil spills polluting the oceans to chemicals polluting our rivers and streams. And of course it goes without saying that the air we breathe is laced with a variety of potentially harmful chemicals as a result of industrial processes, burning fossil fuels and the [...]
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We all know about using local recyclincarrierg facilities to recycle objects such as paper, cardboard and tin cans. But I recently got thinking about whether certain other, less common items, can be recycled (or reused), and if so where.
So today I have tracked down four unusual ways to reduce the rubbish you [...]
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The concept of freecycling is a simple one. If you have something you no longer want – but you don’t want to throw it away – you simply place an advert on one of these websites. Other environmentally-conscious people can then go along and search for free goods.
They get freebies so [...]
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We all know that sending household waste to landfill is a really bad idea and that in an ideal world we would manage to recycle or reuse everything taking our landfill down to zero.
But in these days of highly-packaged products, our consumer culture and of non-stop junk mail, what practical steps can [...]
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Typically the electricity that we use in the home is created largely by fossil fuels such as the burning of coal. Clearly this isn’t great for the planet. After all, what is the point in the development of electric cars (often seen as a “green alternative) if the actualy electricity that [...]
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Different rooms in the house have different primary functions and the bathroom has the potential to waste a huge amount of water. And not just cold water either of course; most of us like hot water whenever possible.
So the main elements for greening your bathroom are to cut down on water [...]
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