Eight Ingenious Ways To Save Money And The Environment In One Action!

Eight Ingenious Ways To Save Money And The Environment In One Action!

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We all want to do our bit for the environment and we all want to save a bit of cash along the way. In recent years it has become increasingly easier to achieve both objectives at the same time, so below we complied what we believe to be eight of the best and simplest ways to save money and the environment.

Switch to a green energy tariff

Almost all the major energy suppliers are now offer green tariffs to their consumers, which pledge to customers they help to a certain level with sustainability. The green tariff might help in different, they will not all conform the same way, some will donate a portion of your tariff to an environmental fund or research project, others will make sure some or all your energy comes from renewable sources, such as tidal, wind or solar power for example.

Green tariffs are also very competitive, saving you money due to the competition between energy suppliers. They will not any more than a duel fuel tariff, with this in mind, if you are looking to switch to a green tariff, shop around and use this as a valid excuse to change to a cheaper energy supplier at the same time.

Drive more carefully

It is possible to use less petrol or diesel by improving your driving techniques. Do not accelerate and brake hard, drive within the speed limit and remove the roof rack from your car when you are not using it. Using the electrics in your car (such as the air conditioner) can also increase fuel usage. By making small changes to the way you drive you will use less fuel and save money.

Save energy at work and home

This should not be a tip, nut just more of a reminder, turn lights off when not in the room, do not leave appliances on standby switch them off instead. Finally, only turn on and use the central heating when it is needed, as that is the mega money drainer.

Use your library

Rather than spending a fortune on books, CDs and DVDs, why not borrow them from your local library? As well as saving a significant sum of money you will help stop increased paper and plastics ending up in landfill.

Alter your computer settings

Energy efficiency is never a priority for PCs, so the default setting will be need to be tweaked to make this the priority. To compliment this, also start maximising the use of the sleep and hibernate options of your PC if you will not be needing the PC for a while, even turn off your computer if you will not be using it for an hour or more to make the most in energy saving.

Grow your own produce

Growing your own does not have to be a hassle, special gardening equipment does not have to brought, nor does much precious garden space have to be sacrificed to make room. Ask other growers, such as friends or neighbours for cuttings or seeds to plant instead of buying packets and by summertime you will be shaving costs off your food bill and saving environmentally on the food miles and packaging of supermarket bought produce.

Save paper usage

Again, a pretty simple and well known and used method of cutting stationary bills and saving a few more trees from the chop, use both sides of the paper and scrap paper for the odd notes, shopping lists etc. As with PCs, printers are not optimised for energy efficiency so again a tweak here and there will be needed, lastly never forget to recycle where possible.

Use rechargeable batteries

The long term savings of rechargeable batteries make them a good investment despite the pricier upfront price you will have to pay for them; the amount saved can be large, especially with battery prices constantly rising. As for the environment, discarded batteries have one of the worst effects on the environment out of all household waste, so the less used the better.

We could go on for another few pages about the ways to save money and environment, but I think we are pushing our own tips about paper and PC energy saving as it is. What we have listed is only a few of the simplest and most effective methods, if you navigate the World Wide Web you will come across many more, hundreds even, of more tips to save the environment and money in one swoop, so get going!

About the Author:
Howard writes for Just Commercial Mortgages the UK's No1 site for the latest commercial mortgage rates and commercial property finance news.



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