Tips for Green living at Home

Change to Foam Taps

Use Foam Taps rather than a big Nozzle tap at Kitchen Sinks. This will reduce the water usage by half.

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Use Mobile

Use Mobiles to check Mails,FB etc... You save 200W/hour by switching OFF your desktop or 50W/hour by switching OFF your laptop

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Save a Watt

Turn of your Monitor when you leave office.The Standby Power unit of 1W is saved for 12 hours. You save 12W a day :)

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Use Nitrogen to Fill up Car Tyres

Fill up your Car tyres with Nitrogen instead of Regular Air.It will reduce Wear and tear.

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Keep a tub of water handy with a small plastic mug

Instead of opening the faucet each time to wash hands or any items just keep a tub of water handy with a small plastic mug.This will help to avoid unwanted wastage of water.

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Laundry

Using a bucket and a plunger hand wash laundry and hang on the line to dry. Doing just one load a week this way will save you water, electricity, and help you burn calories! Reduce how much clothing you own and this becomes an easy way to wash all your clothes!

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Use scrub made of coconut fibre

Instead of using Nylon or sponge Scrub which often has a moldy smell from constantly getting wet, use coconut fiber and after use, put it in your compost pit.

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Natural Beeswax Candles are good for the environment

Beeswax candles are a good choice for decorative and healthy purposes. They last longer, emit less smoke and toxins and do not drip as much as paraffin wax candles.

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Turn off decorative outdoor natural gas lamps

It is said that eight such lamps burning year-round use as much natural gas as it takes to heat an average-size home during an entire winter.

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Pack your own lunch with Reusables

Each elementary school child creates approximately 67 pounds of waste in their packed lunch. Buy reusable containers, Sigg Water Botles, Linen Napkins. It is also cheaper to buy in the bigger sizes and pack in container for school, than to buy the prepackaged snack sizes. It is less waste and more economical!

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