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what else can I do with an old car except
scape it? It runs ok but it needs new cat converter, welding elec probs and lots of other bits costing £££££££££££ and its 12 years old and a 2lt, so heavy on fuel and not worth repairing Tried to see if local colleges needed cars for trainees to work on but they stooped that course, so I have tried to search for charities…
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wind turbine plans!
does anyone have any plans......im just interested in the construction.... im planning i mini 12V build for my garage to charge batteries and power my radio...... just as a mini project..... :D :D
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Plastic Recycling
We have just been issued with new wheelie bins for our rubbish and recycling. Unfortunately the council are being very strict on what plastics you may put in the bin which is very fustrating!!! For instance we are unable to put plastics such as fruit punnets in even though they say they are recyclable on the bottom and…
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Hugh's Chicken Run (Merged Discussion)
Anyone been watching this?? He was showing how you can get more meat off a chicken than most people think and there was one woman watching that said she bought a whole chicken, ate the breasts and threw the rest away - is it any wonder rats are thriving when there's people like this! But when you can get a whole chicken…
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cheaper option: calor heater or central heating?
hello, My husband feels the cold and needs heating on during the day and stays in one room. I'm trying to work out my best option for heating during the day. I could (a) have the central heating on all day or (b) use our calor gas heater. How would I work out which is cheaper (other than seeing how long a canister lasts).…
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Greener Phones - Worth it?
I'm considering buying a new cordless house telephone and noticed that there's a number of products advertised as Greener, or ECO, phones now and they claim to reduce power usage, carbon footprint etc. Has anyone on here had any experience with these types of phones, and more importantly can anyone verify that this is…
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Fairtrade Advent Calendars, now 60p for 12 at Ethical Superstore, plus £3.95 p&p
Look on the Ethicalsuperstore website. When I try to post a link it goes strange Now half price. Wouldn't let me do hyperlink. There's a code for free delivery on Hotukdeals. Code is no longer working on orders of less than £40 I bought mine before they were reduced:(
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Great free e-cards for kids to make and send
One way to help beat the credit crunch!! Check out this great site I have found. http://www.themouseclub.co.uk/gogreen/Default.aspx My kids had great fun making their own cards and emailing them to friends and family. The site is hoping to save trees, they reckon that for every 3000 e-cards sent, one tree will be saved.…
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Nappies - where are all the environmentalists!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=972009&page=3 Not many votes for re-usables:eek: i was quite surprised:confused:
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live free for a year
just seen on bbc news that a guy in bristol is going to live for free for a year. he got a caravan from freecycle, and kitted it out with a log burner etc, and is going to live on an organic farm. and going to grow and salvage/forage for food and items. they did mention a website that is going to show his year.. but i cant…
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The 2,000 Watt Society
I have just read a great article in the Sunday Times magazine regarding the 2,000 Watt Society. The basis being that to combat climate change we mustn't consume more than 2,000 Watt's per day In theory, it shouldn’t be difficult, because 2,000W is what the average human uses already. But that’s an average. In practice,…
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FREE alternative to soap nuts..
Collect a handfull of conkers. Remove the brown outer shells. Chop the innards up into really small pieces. Boil in a saucepan containing a couple of cups of water, for 5 or 10 minutes. Strain though a fine sieve. Discard the solids and allow the filtered liquid to cool. The resulting liquid can now be used as a liquid…
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Giving to charity for FREE
Hi everyone, not sure if anyone's already heard of it, but there's a great new service available which lets you donate to charity for free when you shop online. It's called www.aGoodCause.co.uk which you upload to your computer, and then when you're shopping online, each retailer has to donate a percentage of your spend to…
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Giving to charity for FREE
Hi everyone, not sure if anyone's already heard of it, but I thought you might be interested in a new service which lets you donate to charity for free when you shop online. It's called www.aGoodCause.co.uk which you upload to your computer, and then when you're shopping online, each retailer has to donate a percentage of…
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Money saving ideas for packaging
I like some of the ideas I found here http://frugalliving.about.com/od/specialoccasions/tp/Christmas_Wrap.htm Cheap and also green
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Cheap cotton buds with paper (rather than plastic) sticks?
Hi all Superdrug seem to have discontinued these - shame as they seemed to be the only high street retailer selling a compostable variety. Has anyone seen them for sale - cheaply - elsewhere?
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Going Green, Your throwing money away." Litter ally "
Since the introduction of enforced recycling by most councils in England i personally have been made to feel like an unpaid refuse operative. Don't get me wrong i am in favour of recycling but i do feel the public has been conned in some way with the above introduction. Firstly we sort the paper, metals and plastic and pop…
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Radiator Booster
Hi, Radiator Booster - as shown on BBC 2 Dragon's Den Has anyone any experience with this product ? First thoughts are it looks good - but is it. Looking at the dimensions it certainly will not fit behind any of our radiators... http://www.radiatorbooster.co.uk/faq.html
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Free "little book of cruelty free"
http://www.gocrueltyfree.org/b1_littlebook.php Found this while surfing the net. I stupidly didn't realise that household products can still be tested on animals. Apparently this free books lists all the UK companies approved under the Humane Cosmetics Standard and the Humane Household Products Standard.
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How can i recycle hp45 cartridges please?
Hiya, tesco's used to recycle these, but now do not. Who does take them? Preferably for points/cash etc but for free or charity also considered. Many thanks in advance. Julie ps, i've 26 of them :rolleyes: