Today's tip

De-clutter your car boot: Carrying unnecessary clutter in your car or boot can increase the amount of fuel use. So have a clear out and cut your carbon footprint at the same time.

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Simplify: Simplify your life as much as possible. Only keep belongings that you use/enjoy on a regular basis. By making the effort to reduce what you own, you will naturally purchase less/create less waste in the future.

Recycle your old mobile phones. It's a great way to make some extra cash, it helps the environment as your mobile will be restored and then sent on to be reused through different charities. In Spain www.zonzoo.es is a great mobile recycling company who works with over 40 charities to recycle and reuse your unwanted mobile phones.

Set specific energy reduction goals to reduce your energy consumption for electricity, gas, and the gallons of fuel consumed in your car(s) - for example, commit to using 20% less per month. You can also use a product like the OWL Energy Monitor which allows you to read your energy consumption on a daily basis and reduce high consumptions where necessary. 

Plant species native to your region: thyme, rosemary, sage are good options... they will require less water for maintenance and can be used as a condiment or as a natural cure or therapy.

Do you know how regularly you should water your plants? The majority of us actually over water our pot plants. If you use a Water Stick from Dry Planet it will let YOU know when your plants need watering. 

Replace bleach with vinegar. They have the same disinfectant qualities, yet vinegar is much less harmful to river life and much easier to remove. You can use it to scrub the floors, windows and remove drain odors. 

Don't wash or rinse glass and plastic before recycling. All materials are cleaned and sorted at the recycling plant anyway. You'll save waste and water doing this. So just pop your used glass and plastic into your Ecobox as they are when you've finished with them. Rinse not waste not!

Re-use shopping bags and packaging. Look before you throw anything away! In the bottom of all packages you will see the recycling symbol and in the number of times it can be reused.

Welcome a newly born into the world by planting a tree in their name. Besides being a very unique and special gift, the tree will stand forever, give shade and help to create it’s own or regenerate the ecosystem. It’s probably one of the most eco-friendly presents you can buy, check out www.masarboles.com or plant your own virtual forest at  www.plantatuarbol.com

A good heat collector is a row of flowerpots on your windowsill or perhaps even an indoor window box. The earth will store warmth during the day, helping the plants to grow and warming the room at night.

Help save on your heating bills and put reflector paper down the back of your radiators, if you want you can make your own panels with tinfoil on cardboard, stuck to the wall behind the radiator. 

When washing your vegetables, use a bowl of water, then when you are finished use that water for watering your plants. To save water and reduce your water bills by up to 50% add our fabulous Lieventum Water Savers into your taps. It's simply the cheapest and easiest ways to save water. Click here to find out more about the Lieventum Water Savers. 

On a regular basis give the back of your fridge a good clean out, either with a hoover or duster (that's outside, not in!)  Just by keeping this dust free you can save up to 30% on your electric bill.  Also make sure you defrost it regularly as well.

Recycling 1 tonne of paper is equivalent to providing heat and hot water for a home for a whole year! It also saves 15 trees, 2.5 barrels of oil, 2.26m3 of landfill spaces, 31,320 gallons of water and 27kg of air pollutants. So please, recycle your paper - at home, in the office, with your children and buy products that utilise or are packaged in recycled paper and cardboard. Don't forget our fabulous PaperPod creations, click here. 

Instead of buying more toys/books for your kids, get a toy/book group going with a group of friends, where you each swop a nominated number of toys/books each month so that your kids actually get to try out different things.  This is great because it will save you money, save on excess packaging and over production.  Alternatively buy recycled toys like the fabulous PaperPod creations, click here. 

The 4 gallons of water wasted while waiting for a shower to get hot, is perfect for watering the plants! You can reduce your water consumption in the shower by up to 45% with an Ecocamel Shower Head, click here.