FAQs – Get Paid Up To £12 To Recycle Toner Cartridges with GreenTech

I’m a big fan of Michael Bloch (he runs the handy Green Living Tips blog) and the tips and tools that he shows us to help you save electricity/CO2. My favourites tips are those that are quick and easy to implement – little or no effor from me means I’ll do it. The first such tool to catch my eye (and one that I have downloaded) is from the team at Granola who claim to offer just that with PC energy savings of 10-15% without much (or very little) reduction in PC speed and performance.

Michael says “A free software application that claims to take computer energy saving a step further is Granola. The makers of Granola says their software can reduce the energy consumption of PC up to 35% (NOTE: i could not see a figure of 35% in my research so am sticking with the 10-18% as described in the Granola Benchmarking report here); with no noticeable performance loss.  How does it do it? Granola dynamically and automatically adjusts the power consumed by your computer based on CPU (processor) demand. If you’re not doing anything really intensive, such as playing a game or running video, it basically just winds back the amount of electricity required by your PC”.

Michael found these results from his first fews hours of using the tool:

Granola energy savings report from Green Living Tips

There a several ‘paid’ services out there too but this free energy saving PC tool seems to be well worth a try.

We are always busy reading and researching the latest news and features to help you point you in the direction of the very best tips and guides to help you save money recycling and lots more money saving green ideas for you and your business. The main source for this particular story was from Michael Bloch from Green Living Tips.com – Green Living Tips is an online resource powered by renewable energy offering a wide variety of earth friendly tips, green guides, advice and environment related news to help consumers and business reduce costs, consumption and environmental impact .

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Recycle Toner Cartridges And Get Paid Up To £12 Each

You can recycle toner cartridges with GreenTech who have been running an inkjet and laser toner cartridge recycling scheme for the last 10 years  in the U.K.

GreenTech pay up to £12 for each empty toner cartridge and the GreenTech website tells you instantly what you will get paid plus they offer to pick-up from your U.K. address for free. They promise to send your bank transfer or cheque within 14 days of receiving and inspecting your cartridges. For full details of how to recycle printer cartridges with GreenTech visit http://www.gtrecycling.com/recycle

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Large Data Centres have traditionally been using large power-hungry chillers for air conditioning and are a cause of concern for the Green companies. Yahoo has taken an initiative towards reducing the energy cost of these large data centres by launching the first chicken coop-inspired data centre, which utilise outside air and can reduce cooling power and costs, in Lockport, New York.

The 155,000-square-foot data centre, which can accommodate 50,000 servers, is cooled almost 100 percent by outside air and uses 40 percent less energy than typical data centres. Yahoo’s Coop design attributes just 1 percent of its annual energy consumption to cooling. (more…)

A lithium-ion battery / image source: Ecofriend

The biggest hurdle in massive adoption of electric vehicles has been their very high price and cost. In most of the electric vehicles, the battery pack alone costs over £10,000. So the biggest challenge for the researchers and automakers is to reduce this cost to make electric vehicles compete with the petrol-fuelled vehicles.

A start-up company, 24M that spun out of the advanced battery company A123 Systems, is aiming to solve this problem of reducing the cost of battery. (more…)

The Conserve Insight showing CO2 emissions from your appliance / Image source: Belkin

In a previous post we shared a link that helped you calculate the amount of electricity you use every day. But those calculations were based on the estimated usage and the estimated electricity your appliances consume and don’t tell you the exact numbers.

Well, you can use this home energy monitor ‘Conserve Insight’ from the California-based company, Belkin, to see the true impact of various appliances and devices both financially and on the environment. (more…)

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We told you about a hand-powered espresso maker in a previous post. Verge Manuel at Springwise has spotted a bicycle-powered coffee stand that serves both hot and cold coffee on the streets of New York City. “Brooklyn-based Kickstand Coffee uses two bicycles, a fold-up stand and a hand-cranked grinder to serve up sustainable hot and cold coffee at events around the city,” reports Springwise. (more…)

The Daily Green has a list of ten Green gadgets for day-to-day use.

1. Solar-Powered Watch

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This solar-powered watch from Pulsar will keep you on time for 180 days uninterrupted when fully charged.

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Saving electricity results in direct energy saving. But you can’t be sure from where you can save the electricity in your home or office unless you know which appliances or electronic devices are using how much electricity. This website features not only a calculator that calculates your electric cost but the method to calculate the amount of electricity an electronic device use and a table that lists how much electricity most commonly used electrical equipment consume. It also suggests some ideas to save electricity.