Recently there has been a lot of discussion surrounding certain ideas for saving money. Incidentally whilst they were titled money saving ideas they were also good tips to reduce Co2 emissions. Prior to the credit crunch where green was the new black, Ethical and Green think this would have had a more eco-friendly title. How fickle we are!
Money Central published an article that took the ‘ten dumbest money saving tips’ from a number of websites and blogs. These tips included cutting your own hair and wearing clothes several times before washing them. The tip that seems to have sparked the most controversy was investing in a portable bidet to save on toilet paper. Certain readers felt that in fact this is a good idea and pointed out that most countries in the world use water to clean instead of paper. Some people felt it was unhygienic. Most people failed to point out that cutting down on toilet paper is actually better for the environment.
For Ethical and Green’s top tips to save money and help the environment click here.
David said,
April 29, 2009 @ 4:24 am
Cleaning with water is unhygienic? Guess they should stop washing their hands and taking showers? People used to believe that washing regularly would make you ill, as you can see some people are still that enlightened. Once you’ve used a hand bidet sprayer you can never go back. The idea of smearing you know what with paper on your butt then seems like what it is….barbaric. But old habits don’t die easily and people come up with some great rationalizations. The claim that it wastes water is the best sounding one. Yes and the manufacture of toilet paper doesn’t use much water at all and getting up from the toilet and taking a shower to clean up is very efficient too. Kind of like Jennifer Anniston’s way of saving water by brushing her teeth in the shower…..brilliant!
Dave said,
May 13, 2009 @ 11:18 am
Saving money even though you are earning a few amount is not a reason to not save at all. It’s all a matter of self-discipline. You own the money and it’s all up to you how you manage them. You have to know where your money is going and keep a record of it.