On Sunday, we went out and bought low energy lightbulbs, enough to replace all the existing standard bulbs that came with our new house. All good stuff.
Next day, what did I see? This news item on the BBC News site warning of the dangers of low energy light bulbs! It would be great if we could have one answer so that we knew what we did was really going to make a difference, not just shift the problem from one place to another.
In the meantime, I'll keep the low energy bulbs. If nothing else, I should wind up with lower electricity bills.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Pressies
Amazing! According to the Motley Fool (www.fool.co.uk), the average Briton received £90 worth of unwanted Christmas presents this Christmas. This is on top of a figure I heard last year (can't remember where from now) that said the average family in Britain spends £2100 on Christmas, and that by Christmas 2007, most people were still paying off their credit card bills from the previous Christmas. That's a whole lot of pressies.
So, if you did receive £90 worth of unwanted presents, most charity shops would probably be glad of them, especially if they're still in their boxes. Our nearest will be getting a haul fairly shortly.
And Sainsbury's (and no doubt the other major supermarkets) are doing their annual recycling of Christmas cards, with proceeds going to The Woodland Trust. Well done Sainsburys.
So, if you did receive £90 worth of unwanted presents, most charity shops would probably be glad of them, especially if they're still in their boxes. Our nearest will be getting a haul fairly shortly.
And Sainsbury's (and no doubt the other major supermarkets) are doing their annual recycling of Christmas cards, with proceeds going to The Woodland Trust. Well done Sainsburys.
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