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Switch to energysaving lightbulbs which use per cent less electricity than conventional bulbs. Traditional watt and watt bulbs are already disappearing and the Energy Saving Trust says one energysaving bulb can save an average water dispenser. ayear and a houseful will save about pounds per year. Nowadays they even come on when you want them to. Kill your electricity vampires. There are probably items in your home continuously drawing electricity when you are out or when you are asleep: phones radios clocks trailing sockets with lights transformers plus all those things on standby. Turn 'em off. IF you can't turn them off you can put them on a timer or buy a powerdown strip for pounds. It is a trailing socket that senses when your computer is turned off and automatically shuts down the peripherals: the printer scanner pou water dispenser. Tenper cent of the uk's energy usage is by equipment on standby. Gocompost crazy. Up to per cent of your rubbish is compostable. Step one is to Get a bin. But don't buy direct from a manufacturer as your local council will probably offer a discount. Find details on the council's website some councils have dedicated compost sites such as durham. Get composting.com. Each council appears to have a different number for phone orders. For example darlington is and durham is get composting. You need a layer of greens followed by a layer of browns. Greens: grass cuttings and young weeds; raw veg and fruit peelings; nettles; teabags ground coffee and filter paper; waste household paper preferably shredded. ro water dispenser: cardboard cereal and egg boxes or toilet rolls but preferably shredded or scrunched; woody prunings sticks and leaves; pet bedding and dirt from hamsters guinea pigs rabbits poultry etc; vacuum cleaner dust; tumble drier fluff. They're not always awarded for going above and beyond the call of duty. Some of them are hailed just for doing their job. The winners of the regional erosion prevention awards dispensed friday in wilsonville aren't necessarily environmentalists says Fred Wright the selfdescribed id of the awards.