Step into a greener lifestyle

• Jun. 1 by Reshma Karia (3)

Recycling your household waste will boost your green credentials, this can help lead a strong environment around different areas in big cites and can boost other individuals to do the same making it a happier atmosphere to be in.

To check if your area is covered for a kerbside recycling scheme visit the website, http://www.recyclenow.com or contact your local councillor. Many councils also offer to collect glass bottles, jars, paper, cardboard, cans and plastic bottle. These are the main items that are always in day-to-day rubbish.

Nine of ten households have access to this recycling scheme.

Birmingham currently recycles only 7.5 per cent of its domestic waste.

Learning how to correct your own waste will also establish good habits for young children in toward learning about how to separate it correctly.

Another way for encouraging children to find out more about the environment is to get them playing in the garden in the mud and asking them questions about the wildlife and plants. This will give them a great bond with nature and they’ll love getting messy. Putting them in charge of a recyclable material such as plastic and give prizes for finding another use for them.

Also more tips on keeping a greener home is through simple ideas, which could help, fight climate change and save cash.

The Energy Saving Trust is one of the UK’s leading organisations set up to address the damaging effects of climate change. Its aim is to cut carbon dioxide emissions by promoting the sustainable and efficient use of energy.

“Research shows the average household could save up to £340 a year by being more energy efficient” says Karen Lawrence of the Energy Saving Trust.

The energy saving trust shows that in an effort to save energy and money, Brits are more likely than other Europeans to share a bath.

This shows that a people are now thinking about the amount they are saving even when it comes to running a bath.

The West Midlands have now planning to install smart meters in and around Britain by 2010.

Simon Wright, head of the Energy Saving Trust in the West and East Midlands, said smart meters have the potential to help consumers manage their energy use better, save money and reduce carbon emissions.

These will help different homes on being more energy efficient as possible, which will also help technology get better in preventing this.

More tips on running a greener home:

• Only use the dryer and dishwasher when they are completely full so you do not have to turn it on again for just the minimum amount.
• Swap blinds for cosy curtains and draw them at dusk to stop heat escaping through the windows. Plug draughty gaps in floorboards, letterboxes and keyholes.
• Since summer is approaching only turn the thermostat down or programme it to come on when you really need it. Reducing room temperature by 1c could cut your heating bills up to 10% and this could save around £60 per year.
• Leaking taps are always really annoying but a dripping hot water tap wastes enough water in a week to fill half a bath, fixing leaking taps will be ideal in saving water.

Do your bit for the environment and feel good about it.