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Lower Your Water Temperature and Save

Submitted by Mr_Tip_a_Day on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 22:56

Reduce your water heating energy consumption (and costs) by simply lowering the thermostat setting on your water heater. Every 10 degree's Fahrenheit you reduce in water temperature, can save between 3% and 5% in energy consumption.

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Recycling Paint

Submitted by Newlife on Thu, 09/23/2010 - 06:45

I don't want to seem like I'm only on here to sell our product, we are an extremely environmentally friendly family, which is why we deveoped our product!
Next time you are redecorating don't use the best selling brand (Dulux/Crown) why not try recycled paint! It's cheaper than the other eco paint brands and has much stronger environmental credentials.
Newlife Paints is the first company in Europe to recycle emulsion paint, we currently stop 2 tonnes of paint a week from going to landfill!

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Set Your Thermostat

Submitted by Mr_Tip_a_Day on Sat, 09/25/2010 - 11:52

Make sure you have a programmable thermostat that is compatible with your heating and cooling system. Set it comfortably low in the winter and comfortably high in the summer.

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Get Eco Friendly For Winter

Submitted by Jason99 on Sat, 09/11/2010 - 22:18

Winter is on its way. If your looking for some tips to be eco friendly this winter and also save some money, you have come to the right place.

Let's start where the most energy is lost in a house, at the windows. Check that all windows are leak free and no wind passes around them. You can do this by closing the window and feeling around for cool air. If you feel cool air blowing through, use some silicon (and possibly some insulation) to patch it up.

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Use Natural Christmas Trees

Submitted by Mr_Tip_a_Day on Sun, 09/05/2010 - 15:21

Artificial trees require a lot of plastic material and are usually transported long distances. Natural trees can decompose and be recycled.

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Use CFL's and SLED's (Seasonal LED's)

Submitted by Mr_Tip_a_Day on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 15:24

CFL's and SLED's are great ways to conserve energy in your home. Especially seaonal LED's since they can be up to 90% efficient over older incandescent seasonal lights.

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Invest in a Rain Barrel System

Submitted by Mr_Tip_a_Day on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 13:01

A rain barrel system collects the rain from your roof. You can use this water later on for your garden or grass. It's an inexpensive way to help the environment while saving you some money.

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Invest in Re-usable Bottles

Submitted by Mr_Tip_a_Day on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 13:47

Re-usable bottles can really help the environment by reducing or eliminating the use of disposable plastic bottles.

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What can you do with an old mattress box frame?

Submitted by JoeOfTheJungle on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 18:01

Today I got the honor of helping a friend move into his new house and at the end of the day, we were left with a few mattress box frames. You know, the things that go underneath the mattresses.

Knowing that the garbage collector wouldn't pick them up and there was no room to store them, we decided to break one open and see what's inside.

Sadly, there was nothing exciting inside, and in fact, it was a lot of nothing for something so big.

Here's what we got from one mattress box frame:

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Kill ants without using pesticides

Submitted by Eco-Chic on Sat, 06/19/2010 - 12:56

Ants can be a big problem now that summer's here but running to your local department store to buy a can of poison might not be your best option. We have composed a list of methods using household products and procedures to get rid of ants in an environmentally friendly manner.

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