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From February every retailer selling more than kg of batteries a year had to provide a free collection point by law. Use rechargeable batteries: they only cost about p per recharge. Get that England flag off your car as soon as the match water dispenser. Two flags increase fuel consumption by three per cent that's a whole litre extra after an hour at mph. Practise with an Ethletic football the only ball made from Fairtrade rubber sourced from Forestry Stewardship Council approved trees. Was pounds. but reduced for the World Cup in many places to pounds. Look for the Fsc tickmark. There is a plethora of green related marks on products nowadays. Perhaps the least easily understood is the Forestry Stewardship Council's which means that the product and its packaging has been made from sustainable wood. The obvious is your house properly insulated and pou water dispenser? Do you draw your curtains at dusk to keep the heat in? Get Ecoballs! Last year we enthused about these cricket ball sized balls that go in the washing machine instead of chemicalfilled washing powder. The manufacturers claim they produce ionised oxygen which "penetrates deep into fibres lifting away dirt and grime without fading colours or damaging delicate fabrics". They cost about pounds and last washes so that's less than p a wash whereas your regular detergent will cost more than p a wash. And they really do work. An Echo household has used them all year and saved a small fortune. They are ideal for per cent of family washes only the whitest whites need a little chemical boost. When buying new white goods look for the blue Energy Saving Recommended logo. An ESR fridge for example uses per cent less electricity than an old fridge. New white goods also have the European Union's energy efficiency scale stuck to them. A is the most efficient coloured green and G is the least efficient coloured ro water dispenser. We started our tips last year with the common kettle the most used household item. It is boiled an average of four times a day. How many of those times a year in your house is the kettle boiling water that is not needed?