Anyone have any eco-friendly and money saving tips?
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Winter keep your thermostat at 68, summer 72-74
Switch to energy efficient light bulbs and turn the lights off when not in use, same for the TV and computer.
Clean the heat dissipater's in the back of your refrigerator to keep it running more efficiently
In the winter shrink wrap your windows, and on outlets that face the outer walls, they make draft resisters for. (foam pads)
Plan your trips so you only take the car out once and get everything done.
If your local convience store is only a block or two away walk, bike, but don't drive
Check the oil and tire pressure in you car every week in insure best milage
When driving anticipate stops and coast, easy on the accelerator, and make sure your car is tuned up
Fill up your gas tank in the early morning, or later in the evening, less vapors are given off.
When cooking cook enough for a few days, then refrigerate or freeze, you save on electric, and time.
Don't stand in front of the fridge with the door open trying to decide what you want
At night instead of running the A/c Open a few windows and use a fan to push in some of the cooler night air, when it starts warming up close the windows and draw the shades in the ones that get direct sunlight.
In the summer crack open your attic windows, heat rises and this will will dissipate some of it, saving on cooling
Recycle your aluminum cans and scrap metal good for the landfills, and puts a little jingle in your pocket
DOn't do small loads of wash waste water and power
Make sure your faucets and toilets are not dripping or continually running.
Water save shower heads
Insulate your home even if it is only a roll of insulation a month
Have your furnace serviced once a year to insure its efficiency
-Compact fluorescent bulbs.
-Seal any cracks and crevasses around baseboards, windows and doors.
- Keep your A/C set to 78
- Keep you heat set to 68
- Turn off lights
- buy reusable products (like cleaning clothes, containers etc)
- wash your clothes in cold
Diluted vinegar cleans glass as well as most glass-cleaners such as Windex, so use that for your glass when you can.
In many cases, baking soda is a great substitute for scrubbing powder- and without the risk of leaving scratches.
Use baking soda or salt to remove baked-on grease from your baking dishes and pans.
Rather than insectides and herbicides in your garden, use companion planting and leave a few weeds for the bugs to munch on so they'll leave your plants alone.
Diluted coffee and coffee grounds often make great fertilizer.
Ground egg shells are also good for fertilizer, and for keeping slugs away from your plants: The sharp edges will slice up any slugs that try to crawl over them.
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