Action #012

Turn off appliances at the mains


 
This action has been done 33,193 times which means a few flicked switches have cut carbon emissions by about 11,949.48 kg off our fuel bills.
 
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A TV that's on standby is still using a lot of electricity. If everyone in the UK turned off their TV properly every night it would save more than £66 million in electricity each year, which would floodlight 250,000 Premiership football matches. And that's just tellies.

Switching that little 'standby' light from green to red doesn't actually do you, or the planet, much good. It's still costing you money and wasting energy.

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  • HAARIS KHAN HAARIS KHAN and friends did this action and got 11 people to do it too

    save the world

    I tried my hardest to turn of everything from the mains after i have used it. i got used to it and now i do it more often. this is also a effiecent way to save money so you should start turn of the mains after you have used it and SAVE THIS WORLD! it ohnestly not hard it only takes about 3 seconds to turn the mains off. 03 February 2010, 10:42
  • farzana farzana did this action

    ok

    normally i will watch t.v alot
    but when i am busy and see the t.v on standby then i turn off the mains to the t.v     17 January 2010, 19:02
  • Yumna Yumna did this action

    Yes!!

    You know I thought that we can all make a change by doing small things!! As MJ says: look at yourself and make that change, start by looking at yourself and make that change!! Look at that Man In The Mirror! ...... Its true


    No really I think by switching of appliances at the mains really does affect the world     12 January 2010, 16:58
  • tori flower did this action

    slowly getting better at this

    After being chastised by by flat mate for leaving the lights on all night, I'm now paying penance and switching everything off. always. promise. 08 December 2009, 18:21
  • annieeeeeeeeeeee. annieeeeeeeeeeee. did this action

    i do this every evening.

    my daddy has a special control which turns all the stuff off in the house. 26 November 2009, 13:52
  • Year 5@MFS Year 5@MFS did this action

    Twice today!

    Shelly & I both did this today 18 November 2009, 20:03
  • Karunyah Nadarajah did this action

    Energy bill saving time!

    These days, I make sure that the electricity connection to my laptop is always off and make sure that the main appliances in the house are off too :)
     16 November 2009, 22:39
  • taragon taragon did this action

    terning the tv off

    in sted off whaching tv iv gone out side and played on my trapleen 16 November 2009, 08:03

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