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There are all types of eco-friendly gifts. There are eco friendly products for the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom; the garden, the work place and the office every room in the house.
However, not all eco products are the same many are practical methods of saving us money and reducing our impact on the environment. Others however offer other reasons for buying them. A pure wool duvet for instance provides unequalled warmth and pleasure during a night's sleep whilst other eco-gifts are just novelties:
Some Eco Toy's are just Novelties
But there are plenty of eco friendly products out there that are not only practical, good for the environment and can save us money they can quite often be a better than the alternatives! Here are my five Most Practical Eco Friendly Products:
5. Clothes Airer
They may be quaint and hark back to the good old days of mangles and scrubbing but a clothes airer is about as practical as you can get if you need to dry your clothes. Not only can they be hung almost anywhere, they prevent the need for placing clothes all over the radiators and the cost savings compared with a tumble dryer are phenomenal.
4. Radiator Panels
A simple but ingenius method of boosting the power output of the radiators. Available as foil or panels they reflect the heat that would normally soak into the back wall back into the room. Can reduce bills by 15%.
3. Solar chargers
Powering all those gizmos, gadgets and even laptops by the power of the sun not only means it is free it also means your laptop, mp3 player of mobile can be charged anywhere.
2. Energy Monitor
One of the easiest methods of saving money is to identify what you are wasting. Electricity monitors can help you identify areas of waste and high usage meaning energy monitors pay for themselves when your quarterly bills arrive.
Energy Monitors are Extremely Practical
1. Energy Saving Light Bulbs
Whilst not the most exciting energy saving or eco friendly product the humble energy saving light bulb is helping to drastically reduce the nation's power consumption. En mass as more and more people switch to them the nation's carbon footprint is reducing.
