Aside from cycling helping your footprint.....

[Gillstay]

I have noticed many people now talking about what we should do to lessen out carbon footprint. Often this is in general terms, so how about listing specifics that would help people to do something rather than just feel unable to help.

I thought this example would be good as its quite cheap at about £200, appears to work, so would soon pay back and is within most people budget.

Also it something new rather than the fit loft insulation we have heard endlessly. What else is out there ?

Tadpole Energy | The Cure for the Most Common Heating Problems

 

[dodgy]

Pretty sure recent boiler installations come with a magnetic filter anyway.

 

[Gillstay]

Pretty sure recent boiler installations come with a magnetic filter anyway.

So how about an example of something to help ?

 

[dodgy]

So how about an example of something to help ?

I'm not with you. Just saying that when we had a boiler installed about 7 years ago it was complete with a magnetic filter.
We don't have gas anymore, just electric heating so I can't help anymore.

 

[Oldhippy]

The obvious one to start I guess, recycle and reuse. Wear clothes out before buying new, shop local, don't buy in to consumerism. Less car use clearly, don't fly. Use less electricity. So many simple things make big differences if lots of people do it.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Carbon emissions are broadly

1. Transport
2. Agriculture
3. Industrial processes
4. Heating

So, for example:

1. Cycle more, drive less
2. Eat less meat and dairy
3. Buy less stuff
4. Turn down the thermostat and put on a jumper.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The recycling symbol three arrows are

reduce
reuse
recycle

Many only do the last but reduce your consumption, reuse what you have, and recycle if you can’t do the former.

 

[winjim]

Reject, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle.

It's not necessarily about carbon footprint though.

 

[slowmotion]

Wear a sweater and turn down the thermostat.

 

[roley poley]

my kids upgrade to a new phone each year but I stay on my old one from 2005 as I don't get the point of looking bling

 

[pjd57]

Don't eat meat.
Feeding animals for people to eat wastes a huge amount of resources.

 

[pjd57]

Buy clothes from charity shops

 

[Drago]

Doesn't bleeding them reduce the air for free, and the anti corrosion additive cost only a few quid anyway?

 

[Reynard]

Reduce food waste. The amount of perfectly edible food that gets thrown away is truly frightening. That, surely, has to be one of the major contributors to carbon footprint.

I buy a good deal of my food on yellow sticker, btw. It kind of freaks me out that I'm buying food at the point where a lot of people are throwing it away. That's just bonnkers.

Also, buy British and seasonal wherever possible. I really do take food miles into account when buying stuff full price. On sticker, I'm a lot more catholic... But why should I buy blueberries from Peru when I can get lovely Scottish ones? (and they're damn well delicious at that!)

Plus stuff that can be shipped rather than flown will have a lower carbon footprint as well.

 

[purpan]

Drink only organic champagne,