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Make your own compost
- Convert kitchen and garden waste into a high quality soil conditioner.
- Home composting can reduce the amount of waste your home sends to landfill significantly.
- Find out more about
making compost with
our How to guide
Join in with the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch 30th-31st January
This helps the RSPB to
create a “snapshot” of
bird numbers in every
region.
Save water - Mira eco showerheads
Complete these 5 actions and you could save £177* per year
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Fine tune your heating and turn down by 1oC
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Insulate your loft to 270mm (11”)
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Change to energy saving light bulbs
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Keep the cold out
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Line dry rather than tumble dry
* = Calculated from
Energy Saving Trust
data
Micro wind turbine update
The Energy Saving Trust (EST) has undertaken the first comprehensive in-situ monitoring of domestic small-scale wind turbines in the UK. The results show that the performance of domestic wind small-scale turbines is highly dependent upon location. Disappointingly the study confirms that current micro wind turbine technology fails to deliver the results we originally hoped it would for the everyday householder living in an urban environment.
B&Q no longer sells wind turbines but is urging any customers who have previously purchased one from us and still have it attached to their home, to read the report and then contact our dedicated freephone helpline number on 0800 389 0419. It should be made clear that the wind turbines previously sold by B&Q are not faulty, the problem is that in urban environments, where wind speeds are interrupted by buildings and trees, the turbine is unable to generate as much power as was originally hoped.
To read the EST’s report click here.
