Environmental initiatives - That you think are good

[innominate]

Normally on BCF, all I hear is the decrying of environmental schemes as a waste of time and/or effort.

What I want to know is what schemes (you have heard of) that can help the environment, but not cause excessive effort for those taking part.


It was THIS article that made me think this. As I can't see any downside to the idea at all (unless you work in an incandescent lightbulb factory) and would be a good idea for all.

Also would save you cash.
Any others out there.


Recycling an obvious one, where council pick up your bottels etc
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[Rob-B]

Turn the tap off when brushing your teeth.

Dont leave the T.V on stand by overnight.

When waiting for the water to become hot out of the tap when doing washing up, fill the bowl witht the cold/warmish water and throw it in the garden/at someone. Saves alot of water!

[bazza]

Burning 4x4 owners instead of coal.
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[Itchy]

Recycling is BS btw , many recycling companies pack it into a shipping container and send it off to China (its cheaper than UK landfill!) labelling it as something else

>not idling excessively

>carry lots of weight ie pillions

>keeping tyre pressures optimatal ,

I find this IMPORTANT , and necessary , this is going to be a bit of a rant but with the government's buying power they could buy 32 million foot pumps which to me and you general publico £5 for 25p each, and they could issue them to post offices and dish them out to folks when they renew their tax.

or they could just made manufacturers stick them in their cars and put a sticker somewhere saying check thee tyre pressures.

But then cars would become much more fuel efficient and thus the treasury would lose billions in excessive fuel use 10% is about 8bn from the motorist.



But if you want to prevent things like global warming , get your old AOL trial CDs , turn them round and glue them to your house roof or something else black, this reflects light and hence energy doomed to become heat back into space increasing the albedo effect. I have about 90 AOL trial CDs and if everybody did it and it was managed properly global warming wouldn't happen period.
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[Tarmacsurfer]

Rainwater barrels by guttering. Great for storing water to keep the garden going.

Good thread. Particularly like Itchy's post. Who said conspiracy theories were a thing of the past?
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Put a hippo in your toilet.

https://www.cambridge-water.co.uk/community/Images/hippo.jpg

Your water company will send them to you for nowt.
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[WishayKillie]

Let the ice caps melt and give all the water to the SE of England!

Eat more beef! The cows are farting tons of meathane into the atmosphere.
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[mr jamez]

Lister diesel engine running on used veg oil to power your house and heat your water.
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[Robby]

And further to that, if you have a diesel car, run it on biodiesel.

I want to get into making or at least using biodiesel soon. A guy in reading is selling it in 1000l tanks for £740 each - thats 74ppl.

If I was staying living at home for any length of time, or if i get a place with a garage, i'd be making biodiesel.

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