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Posted on September 24, 2008 7:15 AM

Here are a few green tips to saving money

 
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environment this winter:

Simple, don't throw away so much food, in the UK we currently chuck away a third of what we buy that's 4.1m tonnes of edible food to landfill.

Try giving you house an eco-makeover fit energy-saving light bulbs, a Radiator Booster and a standby kit (it turns all remote-controlled appliances off standby). This could save over £350 off the average household bill.

Look into Solar thermal for your house: a recent study showed families having 60 to 70 per cent of their hot-water needs met by the system and saving £232 a year, which translates into 665kg of CO2.