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Upgrading your older toilet can save gallons on each flush. Older toilets use up to 3-5 gallons, while new ones can take less than a 1/2 gallon while remaining “effective”. Almost all new toilets on the market are high efficiency anyway. So go nuts, pick your favourite and flush away.

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Our electronic devices suck power even when we’re not using them. It’s called “Vampire Power”. A quick and easy way to cut down on this excess usage is to connect multiple devices to a power strip/surge protector. Then, at night or when you leave the house, you have only one switch to flick that will cut down on your usage immensely. Check out this chart to figure out how much excess energy your electronics use.

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Small engines are incredibly inefficient and dirty. Running a leaf blow for one hour is equivalent to driving your car 350 miles!!! So here are some simple solutions:

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Purchasing your everyday products in bulk saves in many ways. You spend less time driving back and forth to the store, using less fossil fuels to get there. Plus, it cuts down on packaging significantly.

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Just commuting to work has a massive impact on the environment, with harmful emissions and debris from vehicles! So work as close to home as possible. Or if your company allows teleworking, perhaps work from home once or twice a week. You’ll also save money on fuel too!

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Our cars are wonderful machines that do our work for us. But they can be horrible to our environment. Find out about all the ways you can driving in such a way that helps the environment by minimising emissions. Also find out about the best products for use in your car to keep your impact small! From fluid handling to limiting drive time, there are many small, easy, free things we can do to minimize our impact.

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Many electricity companies now offer the option to purchase renewable or green energy. Technically, there is no way currently to tell if the energy you “buy” is the energy you use. However, when purchasing green energy, you are displacing the methods used by energy companies that are not environmentally friendly, such as gas, coal or nuclear power.

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… and use a mug. It’s not much, but simply changing the way you have your morning coffee can have a real impact on the amount of waste you send to the landfill. It’s also carbon intensive to make styrofoam and paper cups.

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Recycling your old materials is only half the battle. However, it’s said that if you’re not buying recycled products, you’re not recycling. Most packaging is being created with some “post-consumer content” (recycled materials), but it can be as little as 1%.

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Composting your food waste is a very easy way to save the earth as there are many benefits. Most local councils offer a cheap or free composting bin.

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Buying organic food ensures your food is not exposed to harsh chemicals, which is healthy for you. Preventing those chemicals from being used at all is healthy for the earth.

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Coffee beans are resilient, and can be grown in a variety of conditions. Conventional growing methods clearcut forests to make room for the coffee plants.

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Purchasing your food from local vendors, that grow it locally saves immense amounts of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) from release into the atmosphere. The average American’s meal has travel 2,000 miles before it comes to your plate. That’s a lot of waste.

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Do you have a company website? Perhaps a personal website with a few photos? Maybe you have a blog? Well it’s no surprise that web servers use vast amounts of energy in processing power, disk accesses and cooling costs.

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Do you sell a lot of stuff on eBay? Do you buy a lot of stuff on eBay? Rather than buy brand new packaging, why not reuse the packaging you already have.

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At last, the time has finally come! Daily Eco Tips re-launches on Monday 11th August at 10AM British Summer Time (GMT+1).

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I’ve nearly finished the new Daily Eco Tips theme, which I had to create from scratch for the new Wordpress-based system, rather than Joomla. Joomla was used by the previous owner of Daily Eco Tips (Cyrus), and I (Dan) have now taken it over.

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