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In the can
Everybody loves a good mystery, so the appearance this weekend of a giant container on a remote Scottish beach was enough to add a little intrigue to Christmas.
Ah, I love the smell of new car in the morning
We’re all increasingly well aware that what comes out of the back end of the average petrol-driven car isn’t something you want the planet to inhale, let alone your family. But what about what’s inside the car?
Standby, you’re banned
Already sold off the novelty socks via eBay? Then here’s an idea for what you might do with the extra cash: declare war on standby.
Greenwashing?
With visiting relatives in need of clean bedclothes, table cloths picking up stains from wine, cranberries and chocolate, and tea towels mopping up more than their usual share of dishwater, Christmas is a pretty busy time for the average family washing machine.
We built this city…
Back in 1985, Starship claimed to have built a city on rock and roll. Presumably because it had a better ring to it that ‘we built this city with judicious use of natural resources’.
Salt not: vinegar!
The last few weeks have really given us the opportunity to test out our car deicing techniques.
New cars: safe for occupants, not for pedestrians?
Euro NCAP, the independent car safety organisation, released the results of tests on six new cars today.
Screen test
Last week we found out how much power a typical office PC uses in a week, but that’s only the box that sits under the desk. Surely the computer’s display uses a fair amount, too?
Biofuels come clean
It’s clear enough by now that biofuels are neither a magic solution to global warming nor an easy replacement for a peaking oil supply.
Text your way to a green Christmas
Recycling is nice and easy once you get into the routine– for a lot of us, the routine is now as simple as putting a recycling box outside our front door once a week.
