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10 Easy Eco-Friendly Tips To Be That Little Bit Greener

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This is a guest post from Dan Harrison. Dan is an eco friendly minded person, and he sent us these great tips for easily becoming eco friendly.

  • Conserve Fuel When Driving To substantially conserve fuel when driving, take your foot off
    the accelerator when you’re about to stop. Don’t acceleration to the
    place you’re about to stop at, as that will use extra fuel.
  • Clean Clogged Drains Pour a cup of baking powder down clogged drains pipes, followed by
    a cup of vinegar and let it fizz and bubble for about fifteen minutes.
    Then wash it down with hot water and repeat if necessary. If that
    doesn’t remove the clog, a plunger will likely do the job after the
    baking powder and vinegar has loosened it.
  • Get Safe Shampoo Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, an engine degreaser, is what shampoos use
    to make your hair squeaky clean. It also destroys hair follicles!
    Shop around health food stores for products without Sodium Lauryl
    Sulphate.
  • Safe Facial Cleansing A mixture of honey and plain yogurt left on the face for about ten
    minutes cleans out the pores and softens the skin without stripping
    natural oils your face needs. Diluted lemon juice is a pleasant
    smelling astringent. There are many natural, earth friendly cleansers
    right in your own kitchen cupboard.
  • Use Less Laundry Detergent Did you know that soap is used not to clean your clothes but
    mainly to break water tension so that the water can wash away dirt and
    odors? A tablespoon of soap, whether liquid or powder, is all that’s
    really needed. Plain white vinegar will also clean your clothes, but
    it doesn’t smell so great!
  • Eco Friendly Bathroom Cleaning Your bathroom can sparkle without harsh chemicals. Washing these
    cleansers down the drain is very harmful to the environment and hard
    on your plumbing. Soap scum and limescale can be easily removed withCompact Fluorescent Light Bulb
    white vinegar.
  • Eco Friendly Lighting Compact florescent light bulbs can last for ten years and use
    little power compared to their incandescent counter-parts.
  • Save Your Leftovers While food is biodegradable, it can emit gasses in landfills that
    are harmful to the atmosphere, such as methane. A clean freezer
    container can be used to hold your scraps of meat and vegetables. Add
    your daily scraps to this container daily and store them in the
    freezer. When full, put the contents into a slow cooker and you’ll
    have a delicious soup. Putting the finished product through a blender
    and garnishing with a little parsley or cheese will make your family
    think you’ve found a new, delicious gourmet recipe.
  • Natural Air Fresheners For an air freshener use potpourri; it’s greener and you’ll be
    inhaling natural odours instead of chemicals. Add your favourite
    essential oil to a small bowl of water or in a spray bottle. Some
    spices in boiling water will fill your house with a delicious aroma,
    too.
  • Re-use Household Waste We all know that we should shred sensitive information but what do
    we do with all that waste? Save it in a box or bag and by the time
    the winter holidays roll around you’ll have great packing material or
    easy to use firestarter for your solid fuel burner.

    • This is a guest article written by Daniel Harrison, who has a great
    interest in eco-gadgets
    and getting people being a little bit greener with easy home eco tips.

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