Quick ways to go green and save

ABrass

Well this is fascinating. But definitely not quick. Perhaps this belongs in another thread?

shinytop

ABrass said:

Well this is fascinating. But definitely not quick. Perhaps this belongs in another thread?

thisa one?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6202200/green-and-ethical-food#latest

Rweath

Two tips for laundry:

1) wear stuff more than once before you wash it.  I was really into a spray called Day2, which took the creases out of worn clothes and freshened them up (great for weekends away or when you're flying without hold luggage).  But it was quite expensive.  Then I found something better - a product called spray and wear, made by dettol, which does everything that Day2 does but also freshens up clothes and kills bacteria and viruses (including corona!), so if something's gotten a bit armpitty and you're worried that a second wear will leave you a bit stinky, this tackles that problem too.  Just lay it on your bed, spray it down then hang it up for 15 mins on a hanger.   By using this spray on worn clothes, I've reduced my laundry loads to one wash per week - saving me money on laundry products, reducing my water usage, and prolonging the life of my clothes.   

2) Invest in an Eco Egg to replace laundry detergent.  I'm a total convert - I can't get over how much cheaper it is.  I bought a box when it was on a prime deal for about £10, and came with enough pellets for 210 washes.  that will keep my clothes clean for well over 2 years I reckon. 

shinytop

Rweath said:

Two tips for laundry:

1) wear stuff more than once before you wash it.  I was really into a spray called Day2, which took the creases out of worn clothes and freshened them up (great for weekends away or when you're flying without hold luggage).  But it was quite expensive.  Then I found something better - a product called spray and wear, made by dettol, which does everything that Day2 does but also freshens up clothes and kills bacteria and viruses (including corona!), so if something's gotten a bit armpitty and you're worried that a second wear will leave you a bit stinky, this tackles that problem too.  Just lay it on your bed, spray it down then hang it up for 15 mins on a hanger.   By using this spray on worn clothes, I've reduced my laundry loads to one wash per week - saving me money on laundry products, reducing my water usage, and prolonging the life of my clothes.   

2) Invest in an Eco Egg to replace laundry detergent.  I'm a total convert - I can't get over how much cheaper it is.  I bought a box when it was on a prime deal for about £10, and came with enough pellets for 210 washes.  that will keep my clothes clean for well over 2 years I reckon. 

Are you by any chance connected with Eco Egg?  There are rules about advertising on MSE.  According to their site, it's 14p per wash, about the same as own brand detergents. 

EricMears

Does look a tad suspicious doesn't it ?   Joined yesterday, immediately posts recommending two different products (are they perhaps marketed by same company ?) but conveniently forgets to mention price of either.

Screwdriva

Sarah, add Radflek radiator reflectors to the list. Pays for itself within a year in older homes and saves heating energy more than any other product sold at that price point. 

amandamac59

I'm trying to find somewhere to recycle old CD's which can't be played for one reason or another. My local council doesn't have any options. Any help? If I search on Google I seem to get American sites. 

Odysseus

I am amazed that anyone would think of automatically washing something after one wear!  Knickers yes, but jumpers, jeans, etc, good grief no.    I also find it funny to see the adverts which say we should stop throwing our clothes in land fill after they have been worn a few times.  What?   I have clothes in my wardrobe over 20 years old and still absolutely fine.  OK my t-shirts wear out a lot quicker than that, but when they do they are used as oil rags etc before disposal.  Any clothes I do no longer want that are viable go to charity.  

The thing annoying me most at the moment is the proposal to charge us extra for our bottles/cans and supposedly refund it when recycling.  We already recycle all of them in the relevant council bin.  Due to our location miles from a supermarket and my disability we have our groceries delivered. So will the delivery guys be taking all the bottles and cans back?  Or do we drive the miles to the supermarket with them, using up fuel and putting more emissions into the air in order to get our refund.   It is just another way of getting extra tax for the government. 

arty688

It depends if they are talking about re-useable bottles as opposed to recycle , which does seem like a good idea and I don't see any reason why they could pick up these when delivering (like the milkman).

For recycling it makes no sense.

KxMx

Many countries have had bottle/can recycling deposit schemes for years, in some cases decades (USA), I'm sure there are solutions to those kind of problems - after all they are not unique to the UK and those countries have made a success of it, German's recycling rate of bottles /cans is up to 97% - some articles suggest we are currently well below 50%.

It's actually embarrassing we are so far behind with ours and it just gets delayed time and time again. 

I remember loads of negativity before the carrier bag charges came in, a scheme whose success speaks for itself.