Eco Fact #1
Did you know that in line with the Climate Change Act, 2008, the country must reduce its CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050?
Eco Fact #2
Did you know that if switched off at nights and weekends for a year, a computer can save the equivalent amount of energy needed to make 30,000 cups of coffee?
Eco Fact #3
Did you know that recycling just ONE aluminium can saves enough energy to run a computer for one hour?
Eco Fact #4
Did you know that leaving the tap running whilst brushing your teeth wastes up to 9 litres of water a minute?
Eco Fact #5
Did you know that if every UK household installed just ONE extra energy-saving light bulb in their house, the CO2 saved would be equivalent to taking 70,000 cars off the roads?
Eco Fact #6
If everyone boiled only the water they needed every time they used the kettle, we could save enough electricity in a year to run the UK’s street lighting for nearly 7 months.
Eco Fact #7
Did you know that the amount of waste paper buried in the UK each year would fill 103,448 double-decker buses?
Eco Fact #8
Did you know that for every 1° of overheating, fuel consumption will increase by 8-10%?
Eco Fact #9
Daily worldwide sales figures of biros exceed 14 million pens. Did you know that these pens will still be in landfill in 50,000 years time?
Eco Fact #10
Did you know that a dripping hot water tap wastes enough hot water to fill half a bath in just one week?
Eco Fact #11
Did you know that over 30% of an average household bin can be composted at home?