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Home » The Home » Could You Do More To Be More Eco-Friendly This Year? Here’s Some Advice

The Home · December 31, 2018

Could You Do More To Be More Eco-Friendly This Year? Here’s Some Advice

We can’t avoid the headlines and information that is out there now regarding global warming, and having a more eco-friendly approach to how we live our lives. But the problem many have is wondering where they can make the changes, and what they can do to their lives and their homes. If you find that you are wanting to do more this year, then here are some of the options you could consider to be a little more eco-friendly.

Change your habits in your home

Maybe becoming more eco-friendly needs start with you and your habits, and there could be a few different changes you could make that could have an impact on your energy sausages, your waste, and how environmentally friendly you are. First up, the food waste that you have could be causing. A big impact, whereas meal planning and being more aware of it could see you make savings. You could also look at things such as switching off lights in your home, changing the bulbs to LED or energy saving ones, and even switching things off at the mains instead of leaving them on standby. Small habit changes that can make a big difference.

Decluttering and recycle, removing waste appropriately

Perhaps you need to start thinking about your approach to the amount of things you have in your home, rubbish that has built up in and outside your home, and generally becoming more aware of how you recycle and get rid of this rubbish. It is important to ensure that you do what you can to have a better approach to this, and so for larger amounts of rubbish and waste you can try Dirt Cheap Rubbish Removal to see if that sort of service would suit you.

Trying different energy sources

It could be the time to start thinking about alternative energy sources, and one of the ways that you could do that would be invest in solar panels so that you can use solar power for your home. It works in the same way, and could have you saving a tonne of money while still being environmentally friendly. You could also look at increasing insulation as well as investing in your windows and doors to start saving on the amount of energy you use in your home. It could be that you could also have an open fire that would help towards heating your home instead of relying on a gas central heating system.

Collecting rainwater

Finally, maybe you want to look at other ways you can be more frugal and eco-friendly and one of them could have something to do with the simple task of watering your garden in the spring and summer months. Now would be the ideal time to start collecting rainwater in your garden. This could then easily be used to water your plants without you wasting a lot of water through a hosepipe or watering system.

Let’s hope some of these ideas will help you to become more eco-friendly this year.

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