Additional Actions YOU can take

What can you as an individual do to reduce your personal impact upon the wider environment, and more specifically reduce your carbon footprint? Here are a few examples across a range of different aspects of your life:

Home

• Maintain and operate your appliances correctly
• Upgrade your boiler to latest A efficiency level
• Adjust your cylinder thermostat to no higher than 60°C/140°.
• Purchase energy efficient appliances
• Use energy efficient light bulbs
• Insulate your loft
• Invest in cavity wall insulation
• Insulate hot water tanks and pipes
• Install double glazing
• Draft proof windows and doors
• Switch to a ‘Green Power’ supplier

Transport

• Walk, cycle, use car sharing or use public transport
• Work from home - use tele-working (Internet etc)
• Ease off the accelerator or drive a fuel efficient vehicle
• Reduce your air travel

Paper and material

• Reduce paper - use digital storage
• Buy recycled products
• Use paper both sides - opt for double sided printing and copying.
• Cut down waste and scrap - recycle.
• Recycle ink, toners etc.
• Use 'greener' cleaning materials.

Food

• Save packaging by buying fresh
• Eat less meat, consume more plant based products
• Save transport emissions by eating local produce

Other

• Reduce consumption
• Reduce waste (to reduce emissions from burning and landfill)
• Encourage others to follow your good practice