Green Tips to Save the Earth

SAVE ON WATER BILLS

• Replace or repair loose seals on your toilet and taps promptly. Ten drips per minute wastes about 3,000 litres of water a year.

Water

• Remember to turn off all taps after use.
  
• Use a container for washing, brushing your teeth or shaving than rinsing in running water. You can save up to fiver litres of water each time.
  
• Don't wash clothes or vegetables under running taps.
  
• Do not use an excessive quantity of detergent when washing clothes or household utilities as more water is needed for rinsing them off.
  
• Water your plants only when necessary.
  
• Change fish tank water only when necessary. Use a better filtering system to maintain water quality.
  
• Water can be used again. Save your bath slops to wash the floor.
  
• Be economical with your washing machine and dishwasher. Save for a bigger wash and cut down the rinse cycle.
  
• Teach your children that water is not for games.
  
• Install low-flow tap.
  
• Install flow restrictors, self-closing taps, sensors, etc.
  
• By taking a shower instead of a bath, you use only one fifth of the water.

Toilet

• Do not flush unnecessarily. Eleven litres of water are used every time you flush the toilet. A large family may waste up to 100 litres every day.
  
• Adjust the flushing water of your cistern to a minimum required level.
  
• Use waste water instead of drinking water to flush the toilet if there is no supply of sea water for flushing.
  
• Install two-flow flushing system to your cistern to reduce water use.